Today Was A Beautiful Day

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Ecclesiastes 3:11

Solomon was wise enough to recognize that “for everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven” (3:1). The old, wise man famously ponders, “A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance” (3:2, 4). Weeping is as beautiful in its season as rejoicing is. In fact, every activity is beautified by God when in its proper place.

Today was Inauguration Day. Today, I’ve seen a wide range of emotions among Christians, from celebration to dejection. This is not to say that I think both reactions are equally right—after all, I have my own opinions on the matter. But it is, I think, important to say that in their own appreciation of events Christians are rejoicing and lamenting from very different sets of concerns.

However you are feeling today, we must all firmly fix it in our minds that today was beautiful, because all things in it were done according to God’s eternal purpose. Let us always ride the wave of providence he sends our way! For there is no thwarting his mighty plans.