{"id":22,"date":"2009-06-15T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-15T17:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/15\/as-we-move-from-spring-time-to-summer\/"},"modified":"2009-06-15T12:46:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-15T17:46:00","slug":"as-we-move-from-spring-time-to-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/15\/as-we-move-from-spring-time-to-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"As we move from Spring time to Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As we move from Spring time to Summer, I recalled these verses:
Ecclesiastes 3:1-7 \u2013A Time for Everything
3 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,<\/p>\n

As I look around I see so many things changing. The more changes I see, the more I want to see. Change so often is looked upon as something awful or even evil. However, there is a time for everything. What changes have you seen in yourself this past year? What changes have come about as you turn things over to God? In God\u2019s Kingdom, there is a time to be born and born again. In what way? Our old self is always thinking about, \u201cwhat\u2019s in it for me?\u201d to the new creation that Jesus calls us to think about others first. What does it mean to turn from being inward to outward? We are seeing some great examples here at Trinity and I look forward to more. The Church is not to here to serve us, but to reach out and to serve those outside of the four walls of the church. Some may not have caught the subtleness of Church vs. church. We are the Church, the body of Christ, to serve those outside of the Church, which tend to be outside of the building we call the church. How do we do this? We look for the times to change our community and go out and serve. This could be scattering the stones, inviting others to come to worship. So we can then gather the stones when they come to visit.
Some things to think about until next month:
How can God use me for change in this church and in the world?
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As we move from Spring time to Summer, I recalled these verses:Ecclesiastes 3:1-7 \u2013A Time for Everything3 There is a time for everything,and a season for every activity under the heavens:2 a time to be born and a time to die,a time to plant and a time to uproot,3 a time to kill and a … [Read more…]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-admin","4":"post-22","6":"format-standard","7":"category-uncategorized"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2m6h5-m","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":191,"url":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2012\/03\/29\/job-loss-family-time-loss\/","url_meta":{"origin":22,"position":0},"title":"Job Loss Family Time Loss","author":"Douglas Dill","date":"March 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"As some of you may know, my wife took a new job so that she could move out to Dubuque and be with our family. \u00a0She has been working at the company for three weeks now. \u00a0However on Monday she received notice that she was being laid off for one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Loss and Grief"","block_context":{"text":"Loss and Grief","link":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/category\/lossandgrief\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.boxfont.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/footprints-in-sand1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":919,"url":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/23\/he-is-risen\/","url_meta":{"origin":22,"position":1},"title":"He is risen!","author":"Douglas Dill","date":"April 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 He has risen! 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