It Is Good to Be Thankful: Appreciation makes the world a better place…
Today starts Daylight Saving Time. We move our clocks forward so we can have more hours of daylight. Some parts of the world call it Summer Time and it’s not a new concept. Benjamin Franklin suggested doing it in 1784 to conserve candle use. Although it would take many, many years for a proposal to take root, today we enjoy it—or endure it—depending on your point of view.
You wouldn’t think that one hour this way or that would be such a volatile issue but people have very definite opinions about whether it’s a good thing or bad. Arizona and Hawaii don’t observe the time change, but the rest of us have to adapt. All in all, most people like having a little more sunshine time during the day.
Did you know that time is a gift from God—but a limited one? We don’t know how much time we have to live (James 4:14, Psalm 39:4-5). Therefore, time is a valuable commodity (Psalm 90:12). So we are admonished to make the most of it (Colossians 4:5, Ephesians 5:15-17).
God has also appointed a time for everything in our lives. Ecclesiastes 3:1 tells us, “To everything there is a season. And a time for every purpose under heaven.” Just like God put the sun and moon in the heavens to mark seasons (Genesis 8:23, Psalm 104:19), He has given us various seasons or times in our lives (Ecclesiastes 3:2-8). There’s a time to be born and a time to die. There is a time to plant and a time to reap…and so on.
God understands the experiences, emotions, and transitions we encounter during our time here on earth and in His wisdom, He gives us time to process them. Life is a balancing act. We won’t always be happy. We won’t always be sad. It’s okay to jump for joy and it’s okay to mourn. We have beginnings and endings. We have highs and lows. God is with us through it all and has reasons for the events in our lives.
God controls time. It doesn’t matter what time zone we’re in or if it’s Daylight Saving Time. I’m so thankful that my time is in God’s loving hands (Psalm 31:16). And no matter what happens, God makes everything beautiful in His time (Ecclesiastes 3:11).
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“It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord...” ~ Psalms 92:1 (KJV)
