"A Time for Everything" (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)

"A Time for Everything:

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."

A couple of weeks ago, struggles came in and frustration drifted down the river of life and came on my path to check on me. Its one of those moments for about a week where I don't even know what to do and want to give up. But really! Give up? I don't think so. In the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon saw something that out of his mouth came out words of wisdom. "A time for everything!" He summarizes about how life is when he looks at it. There's a time for things and the opposite of it. What else is there that doesn't sound so "wisdomized?" There is a time for struggle and a time for peace. A time for hardship and a time for "softship???" You put the words that best describe the opposite of hardship. Yesterday, while I was at Church I had this passage on my heart, thinking of what God is doing in my life. I thought of how things are happening and where am I standing. I thought to myself, "are there really different times for everything? If there are, then when will I wait? Is it going to take long to wait?"
How should we react to these things when they come to us out of no where? I believe God is just amazing as He works throughout every believers life. Think about it. When I was young, I would always laugh so hard that my mom would scold me and tell me, "watch it, because now you're laughing so hard, and pretty soon, you'll be crying!" My mom was too wise. I was laughing and enjoying my time with my brothers and soon we got into arguments and fights and someone would be crying. Guess who was that! But I took what my mom told me. I remembered how she was saying things and I believe her. Eventually, it became my phrase. I realize that things work that way. There will be time when we have so many goods and wants, and there will be times where we will need some things that are valuable. There will be times that we will be prosperous and there will be time where we will need things. SO WHAT? Does that mean LIFE will be the same as it is?
I had struggles in my past weeks and I'm expecting them everyday. We all have struggles everyday, small things to big things. However, we have hope! Proverbs 3:5-6 says "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight." 1 Corinthians 10:13 "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it." That is amazing. The Bible has so many wise words that are so "wise" that can tell you so many things and even comfort you! God is amazing.