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Short Night~Long Day



It was a short night.
For reasons that will go unnamed I only got about five hours of sleep last night. If you know me at all, that is not enough. 
Today will be a very long day.
It seems that things often go this way. 

   Yesterday was a very fulfilling, productive and relaxing day. I got the house cleaned, I made some important phone calls, and I prepped crock pot meals for our very busy evenings this week. So, of course, because yesterday was incredibly kind, today will show me my desperate need for Jesus (and coffee).
Does this happen to you? Does this cycle repeat in your life as well? Sometimes it takes longer than 24 hours for my cycle to repeat. Sometimes it happens by season, but inevitably it happens. It happens because that is life. It's very cliche to say, but it's true. I look at the book of Ecclesiastes for my encouragement at times like this. It's so easy to cling to the lows and the statement of "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless." from chapter 1 verse 2. It's like saying the popular phrase from today, "It is what it is." It's easy to think that these cycles that cannot be prevented are meaningless, but in all truthfulness they are a well of giving.
Related imageA well of giving? How can I say that these meaningless, chasing after the wind days are yielding anything? The wisdom of Solomon tells us this, "When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other." Ecclesiastes 7:14
   God has made your days that did not go as planned. God has made the good and allowed the bad for a purpose. These cycles are to teach us and we must embrace them.

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