A time to count our losses

This year has been a year like no other! We have gone through highs and lows - and then more highs and more lows. The roller-coaster ride has been hectic. One of the things we have tried to focus on is the IMPORTANT things in our lives. It has been a time of soul-searching and deep reflection. Perhaps if Solomon had been alive in 2020, he would have written the same words he penned thousands of years ago:

"A time to gain, And a time to lose;
A time to keep, And a time to throw away;

A time to tear, And a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, And a time to speak." (Ecclesiastes 3:6-7)

These words in the modern paraphrase are written so well. Eugene Peterson has a gift with words - he says:

A right time to search and another to count your losses,
A right time to hold on and another to let go,
A right time to rip out and another to mend,
A right time to shut up and another to speak up,

What are some of the things you have had to let go of this year?

What things have you mended?

Have you managed to speak at the appropriate times and then remain silent at others?

Living in Grace

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