Are you ready?

​Are you ready? When this question is asked it usually means we already know what we are getting ready for. “Are you ready to go and eat”, for example? Are you ready for bed? Are you ready for church? Is it time to go already? In the book of Ecclesiastes we are reminded that there is a time and season for everything.
 
1  For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
2  a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
3  a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4  a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5  a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6  a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7  a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8  a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (ESV)


Now is the time of harvest and soon it will be time for summer to end and life to transition to Fall and it’s ever changing activities. Time certainly does not stand still and nothing ever stays the same. Our world is continually changing, like it or not. One thing does remain the same and that is the grace of God and His unchanging love for us. Now is not the time to keep silence, but rather, to speak loud and clear about the God of our salvation. We rejoice today, for everyday is a time to rejoice for the gifts of God freely and lovingly given for all. The last Sunday of July and August we will continue to reach out after church to our neighborhood and encourage you to join us! Help us to share about the wonderful things going on at St. John Lutheran Church!