Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Perfect Timing

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.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-14

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