....In Between....

This week finds us perching on the edge of a moment in time...the year is not quite over and the new one has not yet begun. As we sit in the "in between" space we view what has been and the hopes and dreams for the days ahead.

I've seen plans and hopes come true for some and crushed in a moment for others... it reminds me of the frailty of life and also hope as I see the promise of a new family, a coming grandchild and new chapters of my life unfolding. Where will this year take me? What promises lay ahead yet to be found? How will God take the moments given and shape me into the person I am called to be? How can I trust God in the days ahead, and yet, how can I not trust the very one who knows me? The one reminds me that I am fearfully and wonderfully made? And, as I turn to Scripture I am reminded:

For everything there is a season,

and a time for every activity under heaven.

A time to be born and a time to die.

A time to plant and a time to harvest.

A time to kill and a time to heal.

A time to tear down and a time to build up.

A time to cry and a time to laugh.

A time to grieve and a time to dance.

A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.

A time to embrace and a time to turn away.

A time to search and a time to quit searching.

A time to keep and a time to throw away.

A time to tear and a time to mend.

A time to be quiet and a time to speak.

A time to love and a time to hate.

At time for war and a time for peace.

God has made everything beautiful for its own time.

He has planted eternity in the human heart,

but even so, people cannot see the whole scope

of God from beginning to end.

(Ecclesiastes 3:1-8,11)