There is a Time for Everything

    For everything there is a season,

    a time for every activity under heaven.

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A time to be born and a time to die.

    A time to plant and a time to harvest.

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A time to kill and a time to heal.

    A time to tear down and a time to build up.

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A time to cry and a time to laugh.

    A time to grieve and a time to dance.

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A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.

    A time to embrace and a time to turn away.

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A time to search and a time to quit searching.

    A time to keep and a time to throw away.

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A time to tear and a time to mend.

    A time to be quiet and a time to speak.

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A time to love and a time to hate.

    A time for war and a time for peace.

9 What do people really get for all their hard work? 10 I have seen the burden God has placed on us all. 11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end. 12 So I concluded there is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can. 13 And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God

Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 NLT

A few days ago, I got some disheartening news. I had been so expectant... I've prayed about it, confessed that it was mine, thanked God in advance for it. During the week, the devil whispered a question into my ear "What if it doesn't happen, will you still praise God?" I smiled and answered "YES!!!" without thinking twice, the truth is I was too confident that it was mine...so saying yes was easy.

So in the middle of my praise and worship session which always comes before my prayer sessions, I got an email. First of all. I was surprised that my phone was on...when the notification for the incoming email came in, I grabbed my phone so that I could put it on silent (which I always do while praying). My eyes happened to see the sender of the email before I could silence my phone. I continued to sing as I read the preview, the first three lines seemed to be a joke. Maybe it was a mistake or a terrible dream???.. in the midst of my praise and worship session, I opened the email. To my disappointment, it was the opposite of what I was expecting. 

I gathered myself together and proceeded, it was a distraction. I had to pray...the people, things, and nations that I intercede for continuously are much more important. I continued my prayer session for a couple of hours. At the end, I had to face reality. The reality of that email echoed, "denied!...rejection!!...you're not good enough!!!..." I went through a series of emotions within a few minutes...I felt sad, I felt hurt, I felt embarrassed, I felt ashamed, I felt disappointed. I wanted to cry, but I made up my mind not to give the devil the opportunity to see me down.

Then I remembered the question that the devil asked me during the week, "What if it doesn't happen, will you still praise God?" So I decided to do just that, praise God! I honestly didn't feel like it, when I started it was difficult but I continued. The next day, I woke up with "not-so-happy-feelings"...I had to get out this funk. I remembered something that my spiritual father once said, "A minister of God can not afford to be depressed." I had to minister at church service the next morning, my church members have needs...if I remained stuck on me, myself, and I...I wouldn't be able to minister to them as I should.

I decided to encourage myself in the Lord and shake it off. I started with listening to a few sermons and then I praised God...with all of my heart, with all of my mind, with all of my soul. In no time, I was over it. After all, one of my favorite scriptures is: Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose (KJV). I've been here before, stuck on what coulda-shoulda-woulda happened. But I know better, I serve the alpha and omega, the all knowing God whose timing is always the best.

Of course, the thought of it still comes to mind, of course I still wish it happened... but I've made up my mind to stop looking at the closed door, I don't want to miss the opened door that God has placed before me. 

As the opening scripture says, there's a season for everything. I remember when I was in high school...I could wait to go to college...when I was in college, I couldn't wait to go to grad school...when I was in grad school, I couldn't wait to have a career...when I was single I couldn't wait to be married...when I was skinny, I wanted to gain weight...when I was living with my parents, I couldn't wait to move out...when I moved out and had a roommate, I couldn't wait to live alone...and the list goes on.

Over the years, I've learnt to enjoy the moments. I've decided to just press play instead of hitting fast forward on life. Like my spiritual mother says "Life is in stages". So enjoy each stage, because they'll never come back. At times pause and focus on the now, yesterday is gone and tomorrow will come...no need to rush the process. Like Paul, I am learning how to abase and abound (Phillippians 4:12 NIV), I am learning to dance in the midst of the storms of life, instead of sitting around and waiting for them to pass. When it is all said and done, I'm blessed and victorious.I may not be where I want to be but I am so much futher from where I used to be. I choose to walk this journey or life by faith, not by sight.

Enjoy each and every moment...they turn into everlasting memories. Memories that will make you laugh and thank God when you revisit them in the near future. 

Confession: In the name of the Lord Jesus, I declare that I am blessed. The circumstances and situations that surround me do not define me. I always win, all things work together for my good. Amen

Prayer starter: Heavenly Father, I thank you because your plans for me are always good. In you I have hope and a future, I ask for grace to always walk in this consciousness in Jesus' name. Amen. 


You're blessed!


- Bunmi


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