Ecclesiastes 3: A Time for Everything

Wandering feet in Vienna, Austria

Ecclesiastes 3:1-11

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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.  

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Thank you Lord for being with us in every season of our lives. From the time You conceived us in our mother's womb to this very second.  Help us to appreciate every moment we have with family, friends and loved ones, for tomorrow what we have today will become a memory. Allow us to use the remaining time we have to live for You and share Your love to others.