A time for Everything

A further study in not needing to always understand God's plan. For everything there is a reason, it is not our reason to understand at that moment.


Ecclesiastes 3
A Time for Everything
1 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,

3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,

4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,

5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,

7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,

8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.

9 What does the worker gain from his toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on men. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 12 I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. 13 That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God. 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.

15 Whatever is has already been,
and what will be has been before;
and God will call the past to account. [a]

16 And I saw something else under the sun:
In the place of judgment—wickedness was there,
in the place of justice—wickedness was there.

17 I thought in my heart,
"God will bring to judgment
both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
a time for every deed."

18 I also thought, "As for men, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. 19 Man's fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath [b] ; man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is meaningless. 20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. 21 Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal [c] goes down into the earth?"

22 So I saw that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?

The Road Less Traveled

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference

...Robert Frost

Kenny Rogers - Buy Me A Rose Lyrics

Kenny Rogers - Buy Me A Rose Lyrics

Lyrics:

He works hard to give her all he thinks she wants
A three car garage, her own credit cards
He pulls in late to wake her up with a kiss good night
If he could only read her mind, she'd say:

Buy me a rose, call me from work
Open a door for me, what would it hurt
Show me you love me by the look in your eyes
These are the little things I need the most in my life

Now the days have grown to years of feeling all alone
And she can't help but wonder what she's doing wrong
Cause lately she'd try anything to turn his head
Would it make a difference if she said:

Buy me a rose, call me from work
Open a door for me, what would it hurt
Show me you love me by the look in your eyes
These are the little things I need the most in my life

And the more that he lives the less that he tries
To show her the love that he hold inside
And the more that she gives the more that he sees
This is a story of you and me

So I bought you a rose on the way home from work
Opened the door to a heart that I hurt
And I hope you notice this look in my eyes
Cause I'm gonna make things right
I'm gonna hold you tonight
Do all those little things
For the rest of your life.

Believing God -God is Always With Us

Many times in life, We struggle to believe God. Not believing in God, but rather...believing God will do what He said. One of the things we talked about yesterday in sunday school, was the rollar coaster ride of Christianity. The ups and downs of faiths. The riding high one minute and finding peace the next. And how when we believe God, then we will ride at a semi-normal speed minus the humps of faith. Because believing in God, means having the peace to know that He will do what He says.

When God's word tells us, Genesis 28:15 “Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.” God is telling us, we are His. He will not dessert us. He will not leave us. He will not forsake us. God is with us through all things. There are many words that tell us of this comfort. That God will not leave us, even when we feel most without God. Isaiah 41:10 “fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed; for I am Your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Believing God means we trust that He is there.

In is easy for us though to forget, God's ever hand in our lives...when we pray..we pray for thy will for our lives. But when we get God's answers, we do not always like them. They are not the answer we want...or even what we prayed for. That does not mean God did not hear our prayer, or even that He was not there. It only means that we did not like the answer. Matthew 6:10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. When we pray for God's will in our lives, Why do we let the world get us up and down in faith, because we do not Believe God? Believing God means finding acceptance for all of God's answers. Not just the ones we like. Because if God is always with us, it means God answers prayers. It does not mean we will get the result we want, but rather...we will get the answer we need. But first, we must Believe God. And that is harder to do then just Believing in God.

Our Soldiers Need Our Prayers

Our Soldiers Need Our Prayers, not made fun of and cut on for political gain.

Sending up prayers for these troops and all of those who do what others dont and wont do. Protect everything that America Stands for!

Come Home soon!