A Time to Plant

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1 -8

“To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck 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; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to gain, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw 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 of war, and a time of peace.”

Reaction: I found this reading under the topic of Trust, and it fits in very nicely with my meditation from yesterday. The room being prepared for me is not yet ready; it is not yet the season.

The phrase I keyed into today was ‘a time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted.’ The seeds of my faith, my gifts, and my purpose are still being sown. It is not yet time to harvest them. But I can still water them and nurture them. I can do this by continuing to pray, study, read, volunteer, and witness as the Spirit leads me. For me, it is now a time to plant.