A Time To WHAT?

A time to cry and a time to laugh.
    A time to grieve and a time to dance.

~Ecclesiastes 3:4 

 

I must confess that I am what the some might call "rhythmically challenged" when it comes to dancing.  'Dominicam saltationibus sicut marinis' would be a more appropriate description (use Google Translate if you wish).  But when I was younger and even into my current dust encrusted age, there is one group dance that I cannot seem to resist.  I openly admit to watching the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the midnight movies throughout most of High School, College, and whenever it comes on television.  Doing the Time Warp was not only fun, but you cannot help but laugh seeing others doing it with you.

 

The writer of Ecclesiastes, Solomon, reminds us that everything has a time and a season.  Meaning nothing is permanent!  There is a time to cry, but there will come a time to laugh!  There is a time to grieve, but there is also a time to dance!  Our lives are in a constant state of movement and change.  Just because we decide we've had enough and park our rump in the chair in the corner to pout about life not being fair, does not mean time stops!  Life continues with or without us!

 

I have had people tell me that Jesus was always serious because Scripture never says Jesus was happy and never tells us that He laughed.  Scripture tells us that He wept and got angry, therefore Jesus was ALWAYS serious!  And the people telling me this looked as though they had never smiled or even considered smiling.  They made me wonder how their dating life went if they were so serious all the time. Sorry, that's just how my mind tends to wander.

 

I am very suspicious of people who are serious ALL the time.  I am even more suspicious of those who talk about gloom and doom constantly. Why would God permit Solomon to tell us that there IS a time to laugh and a time to dance if that were not true?  This might offend some, but Jesus went to parties!  His first miracle was at a wedding celebration! 

 

Remember, right now might be a time for you to cry and grieve, but there WILL come a time for you to laugh and dance (however badly you want to dance).