Ecclesiastes 3:11
Everything God does is beautifully timed, and even though he has also placed the idea of eternity in our minds, we can't fully understand what God does from beginning to end.
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10I have examined what God gives us to do.
12I concluded that there's nothing better than being happy and looking for the good in life.
Cross References
Genesis 1:31God saw everything that he had created, and yes, it was very good. So there was evening, and then the morning, making day six.
Job 5:9He is the one who does amazing, incredible things; miracles that can't be counted!
Job 37:23We cannot approach the Almighty for he is far beyond us in power and justice, and doing right.
Ecclesiastes 7:29But I did find this one thing: God made people to do what's right, but they have followed their own ideas.
Ecclesiastes 11:5Just as you don't know how the breath of life comes to the child in its mother's womb, so you can't understand the work of God, the Creator of everything.
Matthew 13:22The seeds sown among thorns are people who hear the message, but then life's worries and the temptation of money choke the message so that they become fruitless.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:2-11
Mutability of Human Affairs. 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 A time to get,… Read the whole commentary →