A Season for everything

Ecclesiastes 3King James Version (KJV)

3 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

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

5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

We experienced a sad season of life very recently, a wonderful couple that we go to church with and their daughter were in a terrible car accident. They were just driving home from a band event at school and a car crossed the center line and hit them head on.  The dad was killed instantly and the mom died  later in surgery. The 14 year old daughter was airlifted to a Childrens hospital with broken legs that required surgery.  We were all in shock and cried out "Why?" to the Lord. I think that is normal in these circumstances, we are human and we just don't always understand God's plan.  But after much prayer, I realized that his plans are always better than mine whether I understand them or not. These lovely people were a beautiful testimony in the way they lived their lives. They didn't just talk the Christian talk, they walked the walk and we know that they are with their heavenly Father now. The daughter will be okay, there will be hard days ahead, but she has a lot of wonderful people around her for love and support.

I hesitated to write this, it's still raw and fresh for me. But it brought home the lesson that we are not promised tomorrow and our lives as we know them could end in an instant.  So, hold your loved ones close to you, always tell them you love them!  Also, I am not going to preach at anyone but I do want to say that if you do not have a relationship with Jesus Christ that you need to ask someone about him. I do not know how people can survive tragedies like these without him.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, shall not perish but have everlasting life."  John 3:16