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Ecclesiastes 3  (The Message Bible)

There's a Right Time for Everything

 ¹ There's an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on the earth: 

 ^2-8 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.

 ^9-13 But in the end, does it really make a difference what anyone does? I've had a good look at what God has given us to do—busywork, mostly. True, God made everything beautiful in itself and in its time—but he's left us in the dark, so we can never know what God is up to, whether he's coming or going. I've decided that there's nothing better to do than go ahead and have a good time and get the most we can out of life. That's it—eat, drink, and make the most of your job. It's God's gift.

 ¹⁴ I've also concluded that whatever God does, that's the way it's going to be, always. No addition, no subtraction. God's done it and that's it. That's so we'll quit asking questions and simply worship in holy fear.
 ¹⁵ Whatever was, is.
   Whatever will be, is.
   That's how it always is with God.

Lately I have been really into reading scripture from the message bible.  I just love the freedom and insight into some of the translations.  

AND today as I think through our decision to move to Pierre, South Dakota, I am struck by the words from Ecclesiastes.  


There are moments when I see God's plan so clearly and then there are moments that I question it.  I just need to "quit asking questions and simply worship in holy fear."  God knows what will be, what was, and how it will all work out.  And I need to stop questioning that.  


Don't get me wrong.  We are really excited for our family but sad to say good-bye.  Hard to say good-bye.  


So we go forward trusting in God.  And hoping that some packing gnomes show up somewhere along the way.  I have found my unpacking gnomes (Eli and Emma) I just need to find the ones that help pack.