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The song that started in my head the minute I saw the prompt is Turn! Turn! Turn! by The Byrds. I heard it growing up, because my mother was a music lover, however, it wasnt until Midnight Mass on New Year’s Eve (Day?) a few years ago, after the sermon this was the song chosen by the Priest as we waited to usher in the new.
The sound of the celebratory fireworks echoing in the distance and the church bells ringing out as the Byrds sang about there being a season for everything, is something that has stayed with me until now and I suppose something I will always come back to.
I have gone through seasons of death – death of dreams, loved ones and dying to myself – putting to rest the past and who I thought I was. I have been through seasons of weeping, laughing and healing and I am currently in a season of deciding.
Deciding how I am going to live this one precious life I have been blessed with… Deciding who I am going to spend it with and what exactly I’m going to create so as to give all praise and honor to my Father in heaven. Every day I wake up in the land of the living and slowly evolve into the me God created me to be, I turn towards Him that gives me life.
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 time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
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I found myself getting lost in the song. It really resonates with me. I didn’t want to cheat and add another five minutes, so this is all I managed for this week’s prompt. The song I listened to while I was writing, the scripture I had the general idea about and added it afterward.
Hey Vernette … I bet the Byrds never guessed that their music would be shared in church and featured in a blog post all these years later! I love this passage of Scripture … it gives me hope that God has each and every one of our seasons in His most loving, capable hands.
So good to meet you tonight!
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I totally agree but isnt it lovely how God puts His own shine on things? Great to meet you too Linda, thanks for stopping by.
Hello new FMF friend! I laughed as I started reading your post tonight. You see, after reading the prompt each week, without fail, one of my three monkeys wake-up. In the process of getting everyone back to bed, my mind turns as I start to process the prompt. Tonight, all I heard was this song, until my oldest cried, “Mommy, I want that blanket…its my TURN” and then my brain took it from there! LOVE this song! Glad I found it here because I had no clue who it was by! Thanks friend! Great post!
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Vernette – this is funny to me because this is the song that popped into my head when I saw the prompt as well. And the verse you posted? A favorite since it was read when my son was anointed during his fight with leukemia – and as a four-year-old, he spoke some of it with the Pastor. Surreal moment! God bless you as you continue choosing your path! 🙂
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Thank you Carol 🙂 and May God continue to Bless you and your family.
I love that song and love the words you wrote today. One of my very favorite Bible verses because it reminds me to have patience. My own season will come. Thank you for sharing today.