Ecclesiastes 3:3-11

³A time of killing, and a time of healing. A time of tearing down, and a time of building up.

⁴A time of crying, and a time of laughing. A time of mourning, and a time of dancing.

⁵A time of throwing away stones, and a time of gathering up stones. A time of embracing, and a time of avoiding embracing.

⁶A time of searching, and a time of giving up searching. A time of keeping, and a time of throwing away.

⁷A time of tearing, and a time of mending. A time of keeping quiet, a time of speaking up.

⁸A time of loving, and a time of hating. A time of warfare, and a time of peace.

⁹So what do you get for all your hard work?

¹⁰I have examined what God gives us to do.

¹¹Everything God does is beautifully timed, and even though he has also placed the idea of eternity in our minds, we can't fully understand what God does from beginning to end.