“To everything there is a season - - -“ [Ec. 3:1]
Therein lies a very basic concept that when reviewed appears to apply to practically everything in our lives in some form or fashion. When we think about our farmers in this country and all over the world for that fact, everything has “its season.” It doesn’t matter what they are growing: corn, wheat, watermelons, cantaloupes, beans, peas, or anything else, they all have their time to plant and their time to reap! It also works for the ranchers, regardless of what they are raising: cattle, sheep, goats, chickens, rabbits, or other animals, they all have their season. Various times when their animals conceive and then give birth to their young.
Who of us does not enjoy the changing of the seasons during each year. There are times when we enjoy the warm summer months and making a visit to the ocean or the cooler winter months and perhaps trekking into the mountains or going to one of the national parks. Even due to these seasonal changes we enjoy watching the various birds migrate back and forth or watching the leaves change color on the trees. Yes “to everything there is a season!”
What about you? Do you have YOUR season? Some people would answer very readily: “Oh, yes I do!” They may be more receptive to the warm summer months and really dreadful of the cold winter months. Or maybe they are just the opposite. They can’t stand the heat and prefer to have the colder weather. Or maybe you are like many people and would rather have it cold when the weather is hot and hot when the weather is cold! For myself, sometimes I’d like it be a comfortable 70-75 degrees during the day and about 60-65 degrees at night YEAR ROUND! Of course, I haven’t begun (nor will I) to discuss the humidity!
It could be possible that your “season” may even be defined within a shorter period of time. You know the people I am talking about. You’re one of them: Which one I don’t know. That all depends on you! They’re morning people or there are night people. Your entire daily routine can be fashioned around which one of these people you are. And, at times, your activities can be completely thrown off balance if you are asked to adjust your daily “season.” You’ve had it happen. You’re a night person and you’re very comfortable sleeping in until eleven o’clock in the morning (easy!) But today, for some reason, the doctor has given you a NINE O’clock appointment! There had been NO WAY to change it to the afternoon (and you tried to do so REALLY hard). And now your day has been completely disrupted
These things happen and we have to deal with them the best we can. And in most cases we don’t DIE because of the change. Although we do let people around us know that we ARE NOT satisfied with what is going on. These “seasons” whether forced upon us by our own restrictions or desired limitations or naturally occurring around us must be dealt with for us to continue within the confines of this world. Those “seasons” that we impose upon ourselves can be changed if our circumstances require them to be. However, it would be shear foolishness on our part to think that we could change the “seasons” that exist in the natural world. From time to time men try to change such things, but he should always remember that man IS NOT GOD! We are only dust - - - we are only human!”
QUOTE TO CONSIDER
THOUGHFUL GEM
"If you believe you can ---
so will others"
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