Ecclesiastes 3:8-14

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.

¹²I concluded that there's nothing better than being happy and looking for the good in life.

¹³In addition everyone should eat and drink and enjoy their work—this is God's gift to us.

¹⁴I also concluded that everything God does lasts forever: nothing can be added to it or taken away from it. God acts in this way so that people may stand in awe of him.