Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 A Time for Everything
For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven.
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.
Before arriving here in the Dominican Republic, I placed these false expectations into my mind. I thought the second I arrived on the field the Lord would fulfill me completely, that I would feel overwhelming sense of holiness. I honestly can’t tell you why I thought that it would come so easy. Anything that is worth something, is not going to come easy. The fact that this is not going to be easy hit me real hard, real quick. In the past the Lords voice has been so extremely present, he has sent me pictures and visions, and answers so many times before. It was normal, it was comfortable. It was something I did not think would ever change.
Well here’s the thing, God doesn’t like when I get too comfortable with aspects in my life. It took me a long time before I could tell his voice from mine, or the devils, or the worlds. He made me work for it, but it didn’t feel like work. He guided me. He took my hand and said, Alina in this season, I will give to you, I will give you my voice and my artwork. I will plant this seed, but I want to watch you water yourself.
I got to the Dominican Republic, and instantly the Lord grew more and more quiet with me. Looking out on the mountains, he was putting in my heart to open my bible and spend time in one of the books, but refused tell me what book. During worship he didn’t send me the visions of me following him to a field full of wild flowers and dancing to his words. He gifted me silence, stillness, and hard work.
To say the least I was frustrated, I had feeling of being overwhelmed. And feeling of thinking this season that God has given me is not for me. This is not what I had planned.
And I was right, THIS IS NOT WHAT I HAD PLANNED, because it’s not my plan to control!
I perceived that whatever God does endures forever;
nothing can be added to it nor anything taken from it.
God has done it, so that people fear before him.
Ecclesiastes 3:13
God already knew exactly how he was going to work through me in this new season of life. What I had planned out wouldn’t be added to it, because my story is already in Gods hands.
So today I opened my bible and just started flipping through the pages and I was drawn to the book of Ecclesiastes.(If you couldn’t tell.) I found these two beautiful works of God and I knew they were exactly what God wanted to tell me.
Although this season may not bring what I thought it would. There is a season for everything, and it is all up to Him.
So no, this is not at all what I had planned thus far, but I am willing to work hard and know I cannot add or take away anything from my story.
Hello friends and family! I am safe in the Dominican Republic, and can’t wait to share my story throughout these 9 months with you. God is working through me, and it will not be easy, but it was not easy to get here in the first place. Thank you for the prayers to get me here, and the financial support. I do have more money to raise so please help me fulfill my goal of $14,951. And to continue reading blog posts from me subscribe for email updates! Thank you, and God Bless!
