Time is a funny thing. Is it even a thing? I guess it's a thing,
but you can't even hold it in your hand. An hour consists of a certain number
of minutes, a day of hours and a year of days. Sometimes I feel like I'm
chasing after it to keep up, and other times it's as if the clock hands never
move. I think a lot of it has to do with my mentality at the time. We beg and
beg for time to speed up during our times of trouble. We beg and beg for time
to slow down in our moments of pure bliss and enjoyment. And the real kicker is
that time is represented by change. I only want the bad things to change, never
the good. Tick tock, tick tock.
I count down the day leading up to change. 3 days until I reunite with an old, dear friend. 4 days until another roommate moves on. 28 days until my lease ends on my apartment. Which means 28 days until I need to find a job and a new path. And somewhere in there, the possibility of my new beautiful nieces birth. Every day, even as I type this now, the seconds are counting down. Change is coming.
For every amazing blessing we are gifted, hard change is not far by. It’s not a punishment, rather a fact of life. Change happens. Sometimes it means that one bad thing turns into a good thing. Sometimes it means one good thing turns into a bad thing. Sometimes it means one good thing turns into another good thing. It’s impossible to know which combination is going to happen. Its change. To change things have to become different. Nothing can stay the same.
To be honest, most things we want to change. Just on our own schedule. But very rarely does God ask us for our planners. For our 5 year and 10 year goals. We pray and he knows what is truly in our hearts. What plans he has for us. They are independent of time. Independent of the clock on the walls. What God wants us to achieve, to reach, is based on us. It doesn't take a lifetime to achieve happiness. It doesn't take 10 years, 10 weeks or even 10 days to achieve each goal. We are given the amount of time we need.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
There is a time for everything. The present time may not seem promising. Times may get tough. But as surely as bad things are going to happen, good times will happen too. God times the changes in our life perfectly. And we change according to Gods purpose for us. It is up to us to believe in him. To have faith.
Make your faith bigger than you, bigger than change, bigger than time.
I count down the day leading up to change. 3 days until I reunite with an old, dear friend. 4 days until another roommate moves on. 28 days until my lease ends on my apartment. Which means 28 days until I need to find a job and a new path. And somewhere in there, the possibility of my new beautiful nieces birth. Every day, even as I type this now, the seconds are counting down. Change is coming.
For every amazing blessing we are gifted, hard change is not far by. It’s not a punishment, rather a fact of life. Change happens. Sometimes it means that one bad thing turns into a good thing. Sometimes it means one good thing turns into a bad thing. Sometimes it means one good thing turns into another good thing. It’s impossible to know which combination is going to happen. Its change. To change things have to become different. Nothing can stay the same.
To be honest, most things we want to change. Just on our own schedule. But very rarely does God ask us for our planners. For our 5 year and 10 year goals. We pray and he knows what is truly in our hearts. What plans he has for us. They are independent of time. Independent of the clock on the walls. What God wants us to achieve, to reach, is based on us. It doesn't take a lifetime to achieve happiness. It doesn't take 10 years, 10 weeks or even 10 days to achieve each goal. We are given the amount of time we need.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
There is a time for everything. The present time may not seem promising. Times may get tough. But as surely as bad things are going to happen, good times will happen too. God times the changes in our life perfectly. And we change according to Gods purpose for us. It is up to us to believe in him. To have faith.
Make your faith bigger than you, bigger than change, bigger than time.
God's timing is always perfect. How we act during the wait defines our level of patience and faith.
ReplyDeleteI needed to hear this reminder today! Just wanted you to know that the Lord spoke through you & His message was received loud & clear! Thank you for being His vessel!
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