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Wisdom Accepts Seasons

We complain there is little justice in the world. We worry over evil that occupies our minds and unsettles our faith. We cry out for righteousness and truth to be brought to our courts, our schools and our land. We ask for help in times of family trouble. And we wait.

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what 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 seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, 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 for war, and a time for peace."  ECCLESIASTES 3:1-8

As the meaning-making machines we can be, we wrestle with why something has happened that is hurtful or confusing. But I bring to you today the notion of wisdom – how embracing the promise that God is in control reminds us He is working out His plan for mankind. For it is not necessary that we understand His ways. We cannot. But we can remain faithful, no matter the time or season we are in. What does that kind of faithfulness call us to do and become?