A Thing in Season

He has made everything beautiful in its time.

What makes something beautiful is not only itself, but its setting. The wise man Solomon ponders this truth in Ecclesiastes 3. Just as a word in season is enhanced with power and effect, so too are all the events of life, each in their time. “For everything there is a season” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). The poetic list which follows this verse is worth our study and meditation. Let us adapt to each situation in life and allow ourselves the freedom of the appropriate response. Even as one of our own poets has said,

My actions are one with the seasons.