Reaching out from Grand Lake Community Chapel
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Greetings in Christ!
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it! Let us rejoice in the first full week of “the season,” and let us be glad that we have several months to enjoy the beauty of Presque Isle County! Isn’t it exciting to think of all the good times to be had? What a gift we have been given!
Time has been much on our minds this past month, while Dr. Greg has been somewhat constrained by his knee replacement surgery and subsequent recovery; everything seems to be happening more slowly than we’re accustomed to (getting around takes forever…), and the recovery process feels agonizingly slow. So many of the things we normally are doing this time of the year are either on hold or have been set aside entirely, but there has also been an unexpected awareness of the value of time. We read in Ecclesiastes 3 that “there is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven,” apparently including healing. Being limited in some things opens up time for others; reading, listening, conversing, napping. Being limited in some things also opens the door to new possibilities for getting the necessary things in life taken care of; new roles taken on in terms of household chores, or skilled professionals being invited to handle maintenance tasks or repairs. When it seems as if there is nothing but time on our hands, maybe we should consider that all that time is being gifted to us to take a hard look at how we prioritize life; maybe our cultural obsession with always being productive, always being active, always looking ahead to the next goal should be pondered for a time. Sometimes the best use of time is to simply sit and be.
Blessings,
Karen and Greg
Home: (989) 474-9116, Cell: (734) 502-5969
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There is a time for everything, and a season
for every activity under the heavens Ecclesastes 3:1
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