A Time For Every Season

When?

We all know we have a day to die.  None of us know when that might be.

Jesus knew He was born to die.  For me.  And you.

I wonder if He always knew the when of it, or if just one day...He knew?  One day it began to unfold.  Was it not until then?

I have often said that I knew something "In my knowing place."   I just knew that I knew.  Some people say they "Have a peace about it".  That is like my knowing in my knowing place.

I knew the exact day God released me from a very long business situation.  I had argued with Him about it for several years.  Then, I just knew.


I stood at the bed of a mortally injured little baby boy.  I just knew in my knowing place that he would live. 

Again, I stood over the broken body of a young man, and again...I just knew he would live, and live well.

I find myself in another one of those long times of wanting to know when.  When will this pass?  When can I get back to work?  When will my boys be safe in their workplace again?  When will my daughter-in-law and my unborn baby grand-daughter no longer be at risk? When can I not be concerned about where I go and what I do? I just do not know, in my knowing place or in my imagination.  I just do. not. know.....




Ecc 3:11  He has made everything beautiful in His time; also He has set eternity in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end. (MKJV)

Ecc 3:11  True, God made everything beautiful in itself and in its time—but he's left us in the dark, so we can never know what God is up to, whether he's coming or going. (The Message)

I spent some time trimming bushes and pulling weeds today.  The winter has changed into springtime, the bare limbs have morphed into lush foliage.  Everything changes.

I got tired easily. At one time I could work like a mule all day.  Everything changes.

It is the time of year to have Easter celebrations, sing cantatas, eat ham, dye eggs, then hide and hunt them.  Everything changes.

I daresay every person on this globe has been touched by change these past few weeks.  Everything has changed for them too.



But God does not change.  Nothing that has happened, or has EVER happened, surprised Him.  He has no plan B, has no pinch hitter.  He is in complete control over what He either causes, or allows.

And...God is ONLY, and ALWAYS.....good.   No need to wonder about when.