EVERYTHING HAS ITS TIME

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 throw 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 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;
   a time to love,
	and a time to hate;
   a time for war,
	and a time for peace.

[Ecclesiastes 3:1-18; NRSV]

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