There is a season...

It seems like so long since I've even had time to read blogs, much less write one. And even now, I should be in bed. I'm exhausted. Every waking moment, and even most of the ones I should be sleeping, have been spent getting ready for the retreat this weekend. With David's birthday, Rock the Pumpkin, Election Day, and retreat...I've been running ragged! I think I'm pretty much ready for retreat. Except for alot of praying. Pray with me. I know God has good things in store for so many ladies. I just have such a burden for them to live free and blessed.

I've been also unwinding after the election results tonight. It didn't turn out the way I had prayed. It's very easy to give in to fear of what the future holds, but this I know...my God is in control. He knew the results long before anyone did and He has a purpose and a plan. I know part of His plan is for us as a nation to turn back to Him and get back on our knees again.

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14

Will we?

I know this is a scripture with great instruction for our present time, but I can't help but think of Ecclesiastes 3 as well:

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 toheal,
a time to tear down and a time tobuild,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a tme 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.

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 everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it, so men will revere him.

Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.

It does us good every now and again to be reminded of who is in charge and remember that some things can not come to pass without some things preceding them.