Tuesday, May 12, 2015

To everything (Turn, turn, turn)


The kids and I read through the book of Ecclesiastes recently.  I still cannot read it without singing:

"To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven

A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep

To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven

A time to build up, a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones
A time to gather stones together

To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven

A time of love, a time of hate
A time of war, a time of peace
A time you may embrace
A time to refrain from embracing

To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven

A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time for love, a time for hate
A time for peace, I swear it's not too late!"

That always takes me back to rockin' it to the Oldies station in my mom's car.  
Elvis was the King, man, and I thought I had been born in the wrong time period, for all I fit into the one in which I lived.  These lyrics spoke to me before I knew the author to be God, and even more after I figured it out.  I tell you what, though, reading them out of the Bible with my kids was way better than belting them out with my sister and my mom, though that was fun, too.  I may or may not have whispered a little "Turn, turn, turn"after the first verse in Ecclesiastes Chapter 3. :) If my kids think I am a nerd, they're right!





1 comment:

  1. Hey Baby! Glad to see you writing again! You might not be a writer....yet, but you are a rockstar in my book. I remember that homily vividly along with the homily about Father Mark's brand new Christmas Dress😄 Keep it up, poor out your thoughts and you'll be the writer you always wanted to be. I'm your biggest fan!

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