Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Just returned from a short visit with my son Chris and his new bride Jana. It actually ended up being a mini family reunion, with everyone gathering in Pasco except son Andy and his sweet family. Thank goodness for Skype!
Had lots of time to think on the long drive home. I found myself rejoicing in God's good timing. Who could have ever put the events of the last couple of years together except God? Another beautiful granddaughter, a daughter-in-law and a son-in-law added to our family all in the space of a few short months. Yet there were times in the last ten years or so that I despaired any of that happening. Timing. It's all in God's good timing. He truly has made everything beautiful in its time.
Though Solomon became a cynical old man yet, he acknowledges that God has everything planned - it's all in his time. And, that he has put a longing for eternity in our hearts. No matter how discouraging life seems, no matter how distant our hopes and dreams; we long for a time when his kingdom will come and his will be done on earth as it is in heaven - Eden reborn.
