Ecclesiastes 3. 1-8, ‘There is a Right Time for Everything’
In the reading from Ecclesiastes (above) we read that there is a time or ‘season’ for everything. Everything on Earth can fit into one of the categories in these verses; weeping, laughter, searching, giving up the search, being silent and having a time to speak. Although we are living through a time none of us have experienced before, this time will pass, this season will end and we will look back and remember the pain and some of the better times. Earlier in Ecclesiastes we are also reminded ‘there is nothing new under the sun’ (verse 9). This is to say nothing is a surprise to God. While we work out how to understand and live through this current season, He knows how it will end and promises to be present with us through it.
Reflection:
What are the positives you are experiencing in this season? How will you choose to remember the positives… and work through the negatives?
Heavenly Father,
You don’t promise an easy life but you do promise to walk with us through it all.
Thank you for the amazing things to come from this season we are experiencing, some we hear and see, others we may not see for some time.
Would your presence be very real to us when we work and walk through the hard periods.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
“God of every moment, strengthen our faith; God of love, kindle our love so that, in a fragile world, we may be signs of the faith, hope, love which we share in Jesus Christ. Amen.”
You may wish to say The Lord’s Prayer after this.