OUR FATHER WHO SET A TIME FOR EVERY CONTRAST TO OCCUR IN CREATION

The book of Ecclesiastes chapter 3 verses 4  - 5, says this;

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

a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

This passage is an excerpt from the widely known listing of contrasting events under the sun for which seasons and times were set.

When the Lord took the strip of time out of eternity and programmed it to be the theater where the lives of men would play out, the parameters were set to allow for a full range of responses and demands upon men to occur.

Life for men on earth is thus experienced as the ups and downs where situations change and we are placed under varying stressors and graces over the course of our lives. 

In the changing scenarios, circumstances bring grief and sorrow that cause men to weep while other periods of relief and celebrabration bring occasion for laughter.

Some times are tragic and we mourn while other times align to be hopeful and we dance in lightness of heart.

These ranges of experience test the hearts of men and measure their capacities and resilience.

Other times test our judgement and disernment. There are situations where scattering stones is the correct thing to do while other times are best served by gathering them. To percieve the difference and act accordingly reveals the faculties of tactical judgement we have developed.

There are situations that arise where interpersonal judgement is needed. There are times when we need to embrace and times when embracing is inappropriate. The interactions we have with others are measured in how we interprete the occasions and how we then calibrate our personal conduct.

Amen.

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