One day as I was getting ready to go and share with a group of women the Lord impressed this scripture on my heart. With these simple words, I heard the Spirit of the Lord say, 'Why are we surprised when someone dies or is killed, why is it we're taken aback when we lose something or feel broken down? Does My Word not say that there is a time for everything under heaven?”

As I began to muse on these words I felt a release in my Spirit because there are times when I feel broken down, there are times when it seems as though I will never stop weeping and then I was encouraged, it's only for a time!

'Time' means a moment, phase, a while and an instant for as you continue to read the Word you realise that this too shall pass. For there shall be a time of laughing, a time to be built up and a time to love!

Friends, be encouraged, when bad and sad times come the bible says there will be a time to gain, a time to keep and a time to dance, so get excited!

If you're mourning, be encouraged, joy comes in the morning!
If you're rejoicing, continue to rejoice and to share that joy with others.
And be encouraged because even when hate or war comes, it's just for a time! Love and peace is just around the corner! If you continue to remember that 'there is a time for every purpose under heaven' you will never be caught off guard!