Are We There Yet?

We know the feeling. Don't we all experience it? Even children at a young age learn to bug their parents with the classic, "Are we there yet?"  My (Serena) uncle used to just say "5 more minutes;"  I actually hated that as I would rather be told that it was 10 hours than hoping it was 5 more minutes.  As parents, now, I probably understand it a bit more. We aren't saying you should lie; how about, "I don't really know!"  Do you really know?  I mean, what IF you got a flat tire, or a speeding ticket, or the pregnant momma had to go pee?  These things can all affect the TIME we will arrive.  So, my uncle was probably more accurate than I would care to admit or like because saying it will be 10 hours, assuming you give yourself plenty of extra time, can almost be MORE devasting. 

For example, pregnancy lasts an average of 40 weeks. Doctors consider full term anywhere in between 37 and 42 weeks.  What if you decide you aren't going to "allow" yourself to get anxious for the arrival of your baby until 42 weeks; I mean, it is afterall LONGER than most women. What happens at 44 weeks?  You are now frustrated, uncomfortable, and not exactly very happy with having to wait.

Ecclesiastes 3
Time for Everything

There is a time for everything,

and a season for every activity under heaven:

a time to be born and a time to die,

a time to plant and a time to uproot,

a time to kill and a time to heal,

a time to tear down and a time to build,

a time to weep and a time to laugh,

a time to mourn and a time to dance,

a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,

a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

a time to search and a time to give up,

a time to keep and a time to throw away,

a time to tear and a time to mend,

a time to be silent and a time to speak,

a time to love and a time to hate,

a time for war and a time for peace.

What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on men. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God. I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him. Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before;

and God will call the past to account. And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment—wickedness was there, in the place of justice—wickedness was there. I thought in my heart, “God will bring to judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time for every deed.” I also thought, “As for men, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. Man’s fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath, man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is meaningless. All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal^c goes down into the earth?”

So I saw that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?

We do not know the time when things will happen in your marriage or any other aspect of your life, but we do KNOW that there is a time for everything.  AND as we read the verse above it clearly says there is nothing better than for a man to enjoy his work, because that is his lot.  This says to us, that we are to be enjoy whatever season the Lord has us in, currently.  This might be a time of war, but a there is time for peace, also.  It could be 5 minutes away, or it could be 10 hours?  God knows the answer, and He isn't always sharing either. So, maybe we should stop asking the question......

Many scriptures attest that God will recompense, remunerate, reward, or pay wages for the faithful service of his followers--run the race well, and remain faithful in your calling.  When you said your vows your "calling" was to be a loving, faithful spouse.  Remain faithful in your calling.

Josh and Serena