My attention has been drawn to the above over these past few months.
Although there is a time for all things under the sun, sometimes we don’t recognise or trust in the importance of timing.
During our lives there are times of rest and healing, times of preparation and times for bearing fruit and flowers.
These are the cycles of life.
As I look around me at this time, it gives me great pleasure to see the bright yellow daffodils, the blooming blossom trees and the new green buds of life. I am reminded by the cycles of nature that all things happen in their own timing. For each cycle is dependent upon the other cycles in order to reach completion and repeat.
It is no different for us humans in so far as we too go through cycles and seasons.
Nature is dependent upon certain conditions to reach their cycles of fruitfulness and flower blooming. Hence some of the flowers bloomed a little early because whilst the calendar did not state it was their season, the conditions of unusual warmth enabled them to produce ahead of schedule.
Apparently, the daffodils were out so early this year that they are unlikely to last until what is also a late Easter.
We too, require certain conditions as well as the right timing, in order for us to be fruitful.
This is where our ability to trust is so crucial. When we don’t trust or recognise that we may be in a cycle of healing or of preparation, we may push or strive to produce fruit that is not yet ready to be produced.
We need to identify where we are, treat ourselves accordingly, do our part to prepare and trust in the timings of what we await.
When the timing is right for a thing to be borne, the way opens up before us. The red light changes to green and doors that had appeared to be welded shut, spring wide open.
We cannot force anything to happen ahead of its scheduled timing. Neither can we stop something whose time has come.
It is a waste to spend our time and energy attempting to force something that is not yet fully formed. It is better to invest our time in doing our part to prepare for that which will come forth in its allotted time.
Trust is key.
There really is a time for all things.
We would be wise to trust and to rest in this truth.