Christmas Eight

Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 (KJV) To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

Much in life is difficult but with time taken joy can be life’s result. We take time to build something that will last and soon find that it is simply a memory of the past. Many are lost in the midst of sadness and crying yet with time they can be found rejoicing. When we look at time we find a lovely gift of the divine. In time we invest our labor seeking to curry life’s favor. When time we try diligently to control we risk losing the notion of our very souls. Perhaps on Christmas Day number eight we can faithfully find a new way in life to relate. “Every person should eat and drink and the good of their labor enjoy” as we turn with faith in time to Mary’s baby boy.

VRC