Life Goals: Seasons

Life can become miserably predictable.

The same old you, wearing the same old clothes, driving the same old car, working the same old job, eating the same old food, returning to the same old house, sitting in the same old chair, watching the same old shows, and climbing into the same old bed, day in and day out. 

 That frustration with routine reflects Solomon’s mood here through verse 8. He’s not merely saying there’s a time for everything. He’s saying we’re trapped.

 Solomon describes the repetitive nature of life in all its contrasts. There’s a time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot; a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build; a time to weep and a time to laugh.

 In other words we’re trapped between competing realities. A person can experience the extremes of life, the highest joy and the deepest sorrow, in the same week, even in the same day.

In Episode 4, Brian Harris discusses the blessing of seasons. All seasons are our seasons. Whether we like or prefer the seasons we are in, all seasons are for our benefit. Be careful of how you respond to stormy seasons. The seeds you sow in one season will be the harvest you reap in the next season.