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  • Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

    A season for everything

    There’s a season for everything
        and a time for every matter under the heavens:
        a time for giving birth and a time for dying,
        a time for planting and a time for uprooting what was planted,
        a time for killing and a time for healing,
        a time for tearing down and a time for building up,
        a time for crying and a time for laughing,
        a time for mourning and a time for dancing,
        a time for throwing stones and a time for gathering stones,
        a time for embracing and a time for avoiding embraces,
        a time for searching and a time for losing,
        a time for keeping and a time for throwing away,
        a time for tearing and a time for repairing,
        a time for keeping silent and a time for speaking,
        a time for loving and a time for hating,
        a time for war and a time for peace.