Spiritual Life... ~l·-----------------------------------------------...1 There is even a time for change in life ometimes life just doesn't seem like it is constant enough. People have busy schedule's which demand much of their time. When I get depressed because I feel like my schedule is everchanging and going to get the best of me, I tum to Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 and read: "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born 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, a time to mourn and a time to dance a time to scatter stones 38 Spiritual Life and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time to war and a time for peace:' - NIV Knowing that God means for all of these changes to occur in our lives, lifts my spirit. It shows me that life is meant to be everchanging. In reality, life is built upon changes. To progress in life is to roll with the changes that come about. One of the hardest challenges in life is to try to deal with the changes. That is why this passage from the Old Testament is like a best friend to me - it helps me deal with and accept the changes that are imminent in my own little world. God gives us the strength to handle the problems and temptations that may come about because of life's little variances. The one thing that makes me happy about change is that it doesn't affect God - He is constant. Later on in Ecclesiastes 3:14, King Solomon says: "I know everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it, so men will revere Him:' Sometimes the shades of change may be darker than we would like, but if we would put our trust in Him, He ;~~~dc~~~~:~ .; burden of - David Dearin Assistant editor A time to love and a time to hate. The rose symbolizes the lave that we, as Christians, should show each other. Sometimes, it is very easy for us to show our lave to others, but sometimes it isn't. We should realize that we are not always going to have the lave for each other like we should, but we should strive to be like Jesus, and show our lave to all. - photo by Jerry Traughber. A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them up. The pearls symbolize the stones, or the material blessings of our lives. We should realize that there is a time when we should be generous with the things that God has given us instead of hoarding them to ourselves. - photo by ferry Traughber.
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