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A TIME FOR EVERYTHING Read: Ecclesiastes 3:1–14 Bible in a Year: Psalms 26–28; Acts 22 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. Ecclesiastes 3:1 While flying recently, I watched a mother and her a few rows ahead of me. While the played contentedly, the mother gazed into the eyes of her newborn, smiling at him and stroking his cheek. He stared back with a wide-eyed wonderment. I enjoyed the moment with a touch of wistfulness, thinking of my own at that age and the season that has passed me by. I reflected, however, about King Solomon’s words in the book of Ecclesiastes about “every activity under the heavens” (v. 1). He addresses through a series of opposites how there is a “time for everything” (v. 1): “a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot” (v. 2). Perhaps King Solomon in these verses despairs at what he sees as a meaningless cycle of life. But he also acknowledges the role of God in each season, that our work is a “gift of God” (v. 13) and that “everything God does will endure forever” (v. 14). The Lord promises to be with us in every season of our life. We may remember times in our lives with longing, like me thinking of my as babies. We know, however, that the Lord promises to be with us in every season of our life (Isa. 41:10). We can count on His presence and find that our purpose is in walking with Him. Lord God, You lead me through the seasons, and whether I’m laughing or crying I know You are with me. May I reach out to someone with Your love today. God gives us the seasons of our lives. 
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We just need to recognize and accept them. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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