A Time for Everything

Ahhh, I love the crisp, fall air.  I dream of running (or driving) down long, winding roads looking at the rich landscape of orange, red, purple, pink, brown and green leaves.  It's a beautiful time of year.  Not too cold, not too hot.  Though, as beautiful as it is to my hungry eyes, there are drastic changes that are being made that are not seen.

Our lives are this way - seasonal.  There is a time for everything, we either accept it or reject it. We can't get away from change.  A tree, that was created to change, can't avoid becoming part of the fall palette many of us love.  Change is certain, we must learn to embrace it.

What would spring be without winter's rest?  Part of our joy comes from seeing spring flowers rising from their winter slumber and hearing the sounds of squirrels scampering or new birds singing.  We need those changes.  We expect those changes.  Embrace them. Usher in something new, a stronger you, a healthier relationship, a wise perspective, a fresh start. 

Ahhh, change.  Allow me to open the door of my mind and heart and embrace the time that is before me.

There's an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on the earth:
A right time for birth and another for death,
A right time to plant and another to reap,
A right time to kill and another to heal,
A right time to destroy and another to construct, 
A right time to cry and another to laugh,
A right time to lament and another to cheer,
A right time to make love and another to abstain,
A right time to embrace and another to part, 
A right time to search and another to count your losses,
A right time to hold on and another to let go, 
A right time to rip out and another to mend,
A right time to shut up and another to speak up, 
A right time to love and another to hate,
A right time to wage war and another to make peace.
(Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, The Message)