1. Everything on earthhas its own timeand its own season.
2. There is a timefor birth and death,planting and reaping,
3. for killing and healing,destroying and building,
4. for crying and laughing,weeping and dancing,
5. for throwing stonesand gathering stones,embracing and parting.
6. There is a timefor finding and losing,keeping and giving,
7. for tearing and sewing,listening and speaking.
8. There is also a timefor love and hate,for war and peace.
9. What do we gain by all our hard work?
10. I have seen what difficult things God demands of us.
11. God makes everything happen at the right time. Yet none of us can ever fully understand all he has done, and he puts questions in our minds about the past and the future.