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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nIt Is Good to Be Thankful: Appreciation makes the world a better place\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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\u2019s 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\u2014or endure it\u2014depending on your point of view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You wouldn\u2019t think that one hour this way or that would be such a volatile issue but people have very definite opinions about whether it\u2019s a good thing or bad. Arizona and Hawaii don\u2019t 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Did you know that time is a gift from God\u2014but a limited one? We don\u2019t 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).<\/p>\n\n\n\n God has also appointed a time for everything in our lives. Ecclesiastes 3:1 tells us, \u201cTo everything there is a season. And a time for every purpose under heaven.\u201d 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\u2019s a time to be born and a time to die. There is a time to plant and a time to reap\u2026and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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\u2019t always be happy. We won\u2019t always be sad. It\u2019s okay to jump for joy and it\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n God controls time. It doesn\u2019t matter what time zone we\u2019re in or if it\u2019s Daylight Saving Time. I\u2019m so thankful that my time is in God\u2019s loving hands (Psalm 31:16). And no matter what happens, God makes everything beautiful in His time (Ecclesiastes 3:11). <\/p>\n\n\n\n *****<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord..<\/em>.\u201d ~ Psalms 92:1 (KJV)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It Is Good to Be Thankful: Appreciation makes the world a better place\u2026 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 … Continue reading