A few weeks ago in homeroom we read Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. It is a very good and thought provoking verse and since then I can’t seem to quit relating something to it. The verse goes like this....

1There is a time for everything and every season under the sun;
2A time to be born and a time to die…
A time to plant and a time to uproot…
3A time to kill and a time to heal…
A time to tear down and a time to build...
4A time to weep and a time to laugh…
A time to mourn and a time to dance…
5A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them...
A time to embrace and a time to refrain…
6A time to search and a time to give up…
A time to keep and a time to throw away...
7A time to tear and a time to mend…
A time to be silent and a time to speak...
8A time to love and a time to hate…
A time for war and a time for peace.

This verse is so uplifting. Especially for those of us in the IB program. Some nights when I have uber amounts of homework but and all I want to do it get on msn or facebook I just remember this verse and think to my self, “ok Hannah this is your time to study…time for msn will come later ☺” hahaha. Corny I know but it really does help knowing that God made a time for everything and it is our job to rise to the occasion and do things in there time. I am a person who likes to rush things and move quickly, sometimes I think that I can get things done on my own faster or wonder why something has not happened yet. But keeping this verse close to my heart just gives me little reminders all day that everything will happen in God’s timing because he is never late. Isn’t that so great to know? It just makes you stop and thank him for all that he has done in His perfect timing doesn’t it?

Well looks like its my time for my 5 o’clock Indo lesson ☺. Hope this verse is as reassuring to you as it is to me!! Ciao!

~Hannah

Labels: Bible, perfect timing

Have you ever felt like no matter what you do, it's never good enough? Like the people around you are all blind to your struggles so they just keep pushing you non-stop and soon you'll either blow up or dissolve under the pressure?
Well. if you have, then just know that you're not alone.
About three weeks ago, I was having a bit of a power struggle with my parents and I guess part of it had to do with recently turning seventeen. Weird, I know, but I think it was pretty much the crux of the problem.
This is how it went. I turned seventeen and decided I should be treated more like an adult and have more privileges. Made sense to me but my parents certainly took it the wrong way!
An example of one of these 'grown up' things I thought I had risen up to was dating. Now, my dad is very fatherly, as in, very protective of his little girl (me) and so the when I started having crushes many MANY years ago, he said I would be able to date when I turned sixteen. Right..that was last year! When I turned sixteen last year I brought up the dating thing but of course, dad was like "I think it's a little to early..blablabla..(not a bad 'blablabla', important stuff)" I was understanding and actually agreed that I was still too young and also rededicated my life.
That was last year.
I wasn't any more mature or 'date ready' when I started eleventh grade. In fact, life seemed so smooth that I started slacking off, pretty bad for the first month of school. But then again, school started pretty slow and there wasn't much to do, lots of free study periods and nights devoid of homework. I guess I had too much time on my hands, too much time to daydream. No homework, easy school days, hardly any extra curricular activities to busy myself with, lots of time to hang out with friends, and someone 'liked' me! Life was good, great!
So I thought.
Little did I know, the 'sweet life' was eating away at me like maggots eating away a dead body, little by little but oh so destructive. When school started getting more difficult and the homework started to pile and friendships started to get complicated, I started to withdraw from my parents. I was an adult, I could deal with it...yea right, Miss Seventeen.
Things were falling apart..and I was the problem. Seclusion was my ally.
Thankfully (totally understated), God gave us parents and my parents finally gave me a talking to and straightened out my attitude. They understood both my struggles and my immaturity. They say letting go is the hardest part and I totally agree. Letting go of my stubbornness and letting my parents do their job was difficult but in the end very freeing.
The whole dating thing, I'll just cool it and let things happen in their right timing. Besides, God's in control and He knows what's best.
And the whole 'mature' thing, I still have a whole bunch of maturing to do, that's for sure!
So yea, sometimes people just don't understand, unintentionally burst your bubble or get in your space but is that really what's happening? Maybe it's you. Maybe you just don't realize that the things in your life that are falling apart are because of you. It's a hard thing to admit, but once exposed, freedom is at your finger tips.


written by kendal

Labels: dating, growing up, maturity, perfect timing, seclusion