Lectionary Calendar
Friday, March 29th, 2024
Good Friday
There are 2 days til Easter!
Attention!
Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine.
Click to donate today!

Daily Devotionals
'Every Day Light' with Selwyn Hughes
Devotional: September 27th

"... a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance..." (v. 4)

For Reading and Meditation:
     Ecclesiastes 3:2-4a

Perhaps no better cross-section of life can be found anywhere than in these beautiful and poetic verses. Solomon unfolds for us the variety of life, all of which takes place under the providential hand of God. There are fourteen contrasts. (1) There is a time to be born and a time to die. No one can negotiate his or her arrival into this world, not the natural time of departure either. Both are beyond our control. (2) A time to plant and a time to uproot. Mess around with Mother Nature, and you won't get anywhere. Follow the order and you get results; ignore it and you get consequences. (3) A time to kill and a time to heal. This is not to be seen as an approval of killing, but a simple statement of fact - wars and killing are a part of human life. But so, also, is healing. Charles Swindoll puts it like this: "Life seems strangely fixed between a battlefield and a first aid station, between murder and medicine." (4) A time to tear down and a time to build. Demolition is followed by construction, then after a while more demolition and more construction. Isn't this a pattern with which every generation is familiar? (5) A time to weep and a time to laugh. Some people have more sorrow than laughter, but no one goes through the world without touching both. Are you shedding a lot of tears over some great difficulty or problem at the moment? I promise you in God's Name, sometime, not too far distant in the future, your heart will laugh again.

Help me see, dear Father, that though I pass through times of sorrow and difficulty, nothing can shake the rock of existence on which I stand. In sorrow or in laughter may I never lose sight of You. In Jesus' Name I ask it. Amen.

Subscribe …
Get the latest devotional delivered straight to your inbox every week by signing up for the "'Every Day Light' with Selwyn Hughes" subscription list. Simply provide your email address below, click on "Subscribe!", and you'll receive a confirmation email from us. Follow the instructions in the email to confirm your subscription to this list.
Meet the Author
Every Day Light is a Christian daily devotional written by Selwyn Hughes, a Welsh Christian minister and founder of the Christian ministry Crusade for World Revival (CWR). Dr. Hughes passed away in 2006 but his devotional and ministry continues on providing deep insight into God's Word every day.
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile