The Bible in One Year: Ecclesiastes 1-3/2 Corinthians 11:16-33
Today’s Reading: Ecclesiastes 3:1-14 – He has made everything beautiful
in its time. ~Ecclesiastes 3:11
A Fitting Time
Yesterday I purchased an airline ticket to send my firstborn
child to college. I’m surprised the keyboard on my computer still functions,
given the waterworks my eyes unleashed on it during the flight selection
process. I have so enjoyed my eighteen years of daily life with her that I am
saddened by the prospect of her departure. Yet I wouldn’t rob her of the
opportunity ahead simply because I’ll miss her embarking on a new
journey to discover adulthood and explore another part of the country.
As this season of my parenting draws to a close, another one
begins. It will undoubtedly bring both new challenges and new delights. Solomon,
Israel’s third king, wrote that God appoints “a time for everything, and a
season for every activity under the heavens” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). We humans have
little control over the events of our lives—whether we view those events as
favorable or not. But God, in His mighty power, makes “everything beautiful in
its time” (v.11).
In seasons of heartache, we can trust God to bring something
good from them in time. Our comforts and joys may come and go, but God’s works “will
endure forever” (v. 14). We may not relish every season—some are quite painful—yet
He can bring beauty to them all. ~Kirsten
Holmberg
Father, You have
permitted this season in my life. Help me to be content in the midst of it, and
to recognize Your power and might are at work.
God brings beauty for
all seasons.
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