Ecclesiastes 3:1 To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. (KJV)

Recently I heard “Turn! Turn! Turn!” on the radio. I found myself singing the lyrics to that song in my head. Then it struck me. The Byrds didn’t come up with the lyrics to that song. Neither did Pete Seeger. Of course, we know that, but I started thinking about the various implications.

The song reached #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 1965. However, the lyrics were written maybe as early as the 10th century BC. This kind of emphasizes the point that there is nothing new under the sun, but that is not what really got my mind thinking.

Sometimes we may feel that we missed an opportunity or passed up something we regret having let slip by. Sometimes things just seem to take too long to get where we want them to be, or we cannot reach the hopes we once had. Maybe we even let hope fade away completely.

We simply just need to remember that there is a TIME for EVERY purpose under the sun. Do not be discouraged or dismayed. Let us pray that each of us my reach our PURPOSE in the time that God has appointed.