Daily Worship

Shifting Years of Discovery

Albert Bogle January 10, 2016 0 0

Ecclesiastes 3:1-13

A time for everything

3 There is a time for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens:
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 from embracing,
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 do workers gain from their toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet[a] no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. 13 That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil – this is the gift of God.

Lord,
Thank you for the settled years
Growing 
Learning
Loving.
Gathering 
Grounded 
Confident
Rooted
For these years
My heart is truly thankful

Today,
I’m
Searching
Sifting
Lifting
Shifting
Boxes
Years of discovery
Looking for a place to
Store
Unwind,
New thoughts,
Alternative suggestions
Crazy ideas

Lord,
I’m waiting for your plan to unfold
I’m waiting
Patiently
Impatiently
Eyes and ears alert
I’m praying
Listening
Looking
Living
Unsettled
But 
Still seeking a sweet spot
To settle awhile