Ecclesiastes 3 says:
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:
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 from embracing,
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 tim
e to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace."
verse 11 goes on to say:
"He has made everything beautiful in it's time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live."
then verse 14 says:
"I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothin
g can be added to it and nothing taken from it."
God only ever breaks us when he intends to rebuild us into something better.
Learning to function in, and love the in-between stage is probably the hardest part.
The brokenness and the piecing-everything-back-together, where though even though you have no idea what God's purpose with it all is, you still praise Him anyway.
That's something so key that I've learnt lately, is praising in whatever situation you're in.
Although to realise this, I had to stop kidding myself, and I had to stop kidding God.
Praising Him in all circumstances doesn't mean telling Him you're happy even when you're not. It means being honest with Him, and saying 'Look God, I'm actually mad at you right now, I don't understand this but I know that you are a good God and you have purpose in this. So regardless of what I think, I will praise you anyway, because ultimately I know you have the best plan in mind. Would you have your way and would you lead me to love what you love'.
And you keep praying it until you actually mean it.
God doesn't care when we're straight up with Him, he'd prefer us to be honest than to straight up lie to His face when he already knows our feelings anyway.
