"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
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
I'm laying in bed tonight trying to sleep but for once in my life it just won't come. I know, most of you that know me think this is an impossibility, but its true! :-) I just found out that one of my best friends at work is at the hospital having her baby right now! So, I'm laying in bed trying to go to sleep but much too excited and then my mind just started wondering. I thought about how happy I am that my friends precious little baby is finally on the way and how God's timing is truly perfect even when that baby wasn't expected 'til may. Then I selfishly cried just a little bit because my last 2 weeks of work would not have both of my work besties there now.
That in turn started my mind spiraling through the 6 weeks. So many exciting things happening: My last 2 weeks at my wonderful job, 2 of my brothers graduating, a trip to sunny florida for a week, a party to hang out with my friends and family together, lots of hangout time in may with whoever will spend time with me, and then of course the big exciting MOVE TO PERU! But then I also thought about the million of goodbyes and see ya laters I would be saying and I cried a little more... I swear I'm turning into one of those emotional girls or something lol.
So why am I telling you all of this you might ask? Good question. I guess I just wanted to give y'all a bit of what a missionary goes through emotionally as they near the time to go. I'm obviously new at this so maybe I'm the only one who feels like they are on a crazy roller coaster before they leave, but I'm guessing there are a few other people out there just like me.
Now how did I get all that out of Ecclesiastes 3? Well I am constantly reminded these days how there is a time for everything and that time is in God's perfect plan. A time to mourn for friends the die, a time for babies to be born, a time to meet people, a time to say goodbye, a time to stay at home and wait, a time to move out of the country to Peru, a time to smile and laugh, and a time to cry.
So next time you wonder why things are happening a certain way or why you are randomly crying or why you are meeting somebody new, just remember there is a time for everything. We may not get it but God does so it's ok.
