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 What time is it?

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 Now don't look at your watch.

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 I'm not talking about that kind of time.

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 What time is it in your life right now?

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 What season of life are you going through?

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 If we measured our life in terms of the four quarters of a football game,

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 here's a picture of it.

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 Here's what it might look like.

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 In the first quarter, that's from birth to 20 years old.

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 So that's when you grow up.

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 That's when a time of learning, of exploring.

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 It's also a time of joy and pain.

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 There's also good times, but bad times as well.

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 The second quarter is when you're 21 to 40 years old.

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 That's when you're trying to find your place, making your place in this world.

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 This is when you really should be looking for that mate, settling down, establishing roots, having children.

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 Really now, this is the time when if we're going to mature, we mature.

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 Truth is, we don't really and truly grow up in what you call be mature until the second quarter of life,

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 this 21 through 40 years of age.

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 Then there's the pains and sorrows, good times and bads in the second quarter of life as well.

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 Third quarter would be 41 to 60.

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 This is when you're established.

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 This is when you are most focused.

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 You know who you are.

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 You know where you are.

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 You know what you're doing.

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 This is when you launch your children.

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 When you launch your children out on their own and have the empty nest.

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 This is when you have grandchildren.

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 This is when you have joys and pains.

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 This is when sometimes you have to start looking after and caring for your aging parents.

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 The third quarter of life.

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 There's good times and there's bad.

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 Then the fourth quarter, 61 to 80 years old.

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 Generally speaking, this is when we're closing out our career.

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 And for a lot of people, they're launching a second career.

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 It's amazing how many people in their 60s and on up start new careers.

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 Do things that they want to do, haven't been able to do in the past.

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 Maybe do some things they don't have to get paid for like they had to during their working days.

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 But as you get on up into the fourth quarter, most people have to adjust to a slower paced lifestyle.

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 That's when you have recognized health issues.

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 That's when you start realizing your mortality.

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 It's in the fourth quarter of life that you really have to come to grips with the fact that everything doesn't work like it used to work.

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 There's more pain physically.

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 You realize you're wearing out.

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 You realize your mortality.

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 There's joy.

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 But there's pain.

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 There's good times and bad.

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 Not many people live beyond 80.

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 And I know we've got a lot of people in this room that are beyond 80 and doing well.

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 But if you live past 80, you're beyond the life expectancy.

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 And so if you're beyond 80, we're going to call that overtime.

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 Or we could say sudden death.

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 If you're 81 and up, and I hope I live to be that.

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 You're winding down.

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 You're winding down.

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 Not all the way, but you're winding down.

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 A lot of people this age are struggling to stay active that want to stay active.

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 Unfortunately, there's increasing loneliness because people you're close to die.

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 Unfortunately, there's decreasing independence because you just can't do what you used to do.

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 There's more health problems.

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 And you really do have to face death.

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 But even in overtime, there's joys as well as sorrows.

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 There's good times and there's bad times.

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 I want you to think about it.

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 All the emotions and experiences that we have as we go through these quarters of life.

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 The book of Ecclesiastes actually summarizes them in poetic form in chapter 3.

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 I want you to turn there with me this morning.

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 Ecclesiastes chapter 3 is the most well-known chapter in this book.

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 What we're going to read in verses 1 through 8 to start with is considered the world's most famous poem on the subject of time.

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 I want us to look at what we see here, this poem about time.

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 A time for everything.

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 A lot of Bibles will have at the top as a caption.

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 This morning I want us to think about how God intends for us to understand and experience the times or the seasons, if you want to call it that,

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 in which we live and make progress through in this world.

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 Let's read verses 1 through 8.

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 A time to weep and a time to laugh.

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 A time to mourn and a time to dance.

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 A time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together.

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 A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing.

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 A time to seek and a time to lose.

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 A time to keep and a time to cast away.

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 A time to tear and a time to sow.

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 A time to keep silent and a time to speak.

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 A time to love and a time to hate.

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 A time for war and a time for peace.

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 He's telling us there's a time for everything.

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 Notice in verse 2, the preacher, as he refers to himself, the writer, he begins by stating the big picture of life and death.

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 There's a time to be born and a time to die.

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 And the rest of these verses, if you think about it, just look at them, glance through there.

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 They move through the different experiences of life.

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 All the varied human activities and emotions that we encounter personally or experience personally.

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 Or we observe it in people we know.

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 Verse 2.

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 A time to be born and a time to die.

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 And really the rest of those sort of explains, summarizes in poetic form all the things that happen.

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 All the kinds of things.

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 Everybody doesn't experience all of them.

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 But all the kinds of things that happen in people's lives from birth to death.

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 I want you to note how the poem expresses the complexity of life by pointing out the polar opposites in emotions and actions.

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 Time to born, time to die.

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 Some of the opposites can be grouped together into a basic pattern of bad times and good times.

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 It's obvious.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 A time to kill and a time to heal.

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 A time to love and a time to hate.

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 A time for war in verse 8 and a time for peace.

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 That's obvious.

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 Total polar opposites.

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 Bad times and good times.

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 But they're all not that way.

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 All the seasons of life, all the times of our lives are not necessarily good or bad.

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 Look at some of these.

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 Number 3.

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 Verse 3.

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 A time to break down and a time to build up.

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 Most of the sports fans in here, and even if you just watch the news,

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 we have seen how many NFL, Major League Baseball stadiums over the years being torn down,

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 being imploded in order to build a new facility.

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 We see it all the time.

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 Neither good nor bad.

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 It just is.

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 A time to break down.

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 A time to build up.

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 A time to embrace.

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 A time to refrain from embracing.

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 Everybody needs to understand that.

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 There's some people in your life,

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 top of the list,

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 your spouse,

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 your children.

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 Where it's just natural and spontaneous.

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 You see them,

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 maybe you haven't seen them for a while,

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 you embrace them.

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 We don't need to embrace everybody.

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 You don't need to even think in terms of,

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 I need to hug everybody.

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 Sometimes it's not appropriate.

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 Sometimes it's not appreciated.

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 There's a time to keep silent and a time to speak.

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 And we all could benefit from thinking about that more, couldn't we?

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 Each of these can be good when done at the right time and in the right way.

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 This poem shows the complexity of life as well as the variety.

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 Just glance through there.

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 It's telling us that life is full of good times,

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 hard times,

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 and then in between times.

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 If you read that,

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 it shows that life requires us to make many choices.

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 We have to make many decisions

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 that are difficult.

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 That are complex.

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 Some we just,

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 we don't know.

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 We just do the best that we can.

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 Now,

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 some of the things you see in that list,

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 we could think of,

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 they just happen to us.

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 Things like war and peace.

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 That's not an individual thing.

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 Some of these things that happens,

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 talking about happens maybe to a nation,

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 to groups of people,

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 as well as individuals.

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 But,

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 most of what we see in this takes place in relationships with other people.

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 just look at it.

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 Think about this.

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 If you danced

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 with your spouse

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 at your wedding,

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 one of you

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 is going to mourn

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 when they die.

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 that puts it in the context of a relationship,

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 a person.

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 We might laugh together with a friend,

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 but then weep later on

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 when the one we used to laugh with

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 betrays us.

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 without thinking,

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 we might reach out

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 and embrace

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 some people.

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 It's just spontaneous,

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 like I said a moment ago.

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 But we,

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 deep down,

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 we know,

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 we instinctively

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 don't embrace other people

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 because it's just not appropriate.

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 and think about this.

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 Let's just be real honest now.

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 Over time,

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 we grow to love

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 some people,

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 maybe a lot of people,

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 and we come to hate

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 some.

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 It happens.

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 He's not talking about

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 what's right or wrong,

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 good or bad.

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 The preacher here,

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 he's just talking about time.

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 He's talking about the seasons of life.

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 He's talking about how life really is,

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 and there's all kinds of emotions

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 and experiences

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 that we have

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 as we go through life.

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 You know,

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 how do you measure time?

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 How do you measure

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 the seasons of life?

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 Personally,

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 think about it for just a moment.

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 We don't really look

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 at the calendar that much

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 as far as measuring our life,

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 times of our life.

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 We certainly don't look at a watch.

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 We measure time

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 and seasons of life

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 more by our relationships

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 than anything else.

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 You look back over your life,

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 first quarter,

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 second quarter,

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 third quarter,

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 wherever you are.

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 You think about how you think

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 of yourself.

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 We identify more

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 along the lines of being a son

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 or a sister

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 or a mother

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 or a teacher

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 or a grandfather

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 or a something friend

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 or a widow.

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 We think in terms

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 of our life

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 mostly

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 in terms of relationships

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 with other people.

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 these are the times

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 or seasons

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 that God gives us

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 that matter most.

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 Time

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 with people.

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 Time that involves

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 people.

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 That involves

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 true relationships

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 with people.

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 Now look over the list

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 one more time.

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 Just glance at these things.

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 Look at them quickly.

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 there's one common

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 element

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 about

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 everybody's

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 times

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 or seasons.

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 We have no control

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 over most of these things.

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 We have no control

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 over most of what

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 he's talking about.

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 We don't determine

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 the day we'll be born.

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 We don't determine

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 the day that we will die.

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 Surely you don't choose

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 the days

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 that you will weep.

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 If it was up to us

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 we would not.

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 If it was up to us

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 we would

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 just make sure

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 that all our days

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 were filled with

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 laughter

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 joy

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 not

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 weeping

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 and pain.

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 You know we

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 we make decisions

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 every day.

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 I'm not talking about

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 we don't do anything.

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 We make decisions

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 we're supposed to make decisions

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 we're held responsible

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 for our decisions.

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 But the fact is

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 the kind of things

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 he's talking about

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 here in this poem

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 these things

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 in the seasons

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 of our life

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 are almost

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 completely

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 out of our hands.

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 we can't

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 control them

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 we can't

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 predict them.

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 There's a time

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 for everything

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 but we don't

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 get to decide

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 when those times

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 will be.

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 I want you to

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 understand that.

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 Young people

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 may need to

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 especially understand

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 this but

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 others as well.

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 There's a time

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 for everything.

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 There's a time

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 about planting

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 and plucking up

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 killing

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 healing

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 weeping

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 laughing

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 mourning

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 dancing

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 but

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 so often

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 we don't get

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 to decide

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 when we dance

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 when we weep

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 when we mourn.

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 that leads us

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 to the next

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 major point

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 in this whole

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 section.

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 We do not

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 control our

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 times

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 God does.

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 I want you to

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 look back

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 at verse 1

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 for everything

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 there is a season

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 and a time

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 for every matter

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 under heaven

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 under heaven

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 that is significant

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 so far

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 the preacher

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 has been

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 talking about

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 life under

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 the sun

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 and he's

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 been talking

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 about the

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 futility of

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 life under

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 the sun

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 a lot of

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 things about

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 life in this

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 world is

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 pointless

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 and he talks

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 about life

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 under the sun

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 he's talking

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 about life

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 where we

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 leave God

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 out

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 where he's

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 not involved

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 things we

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 do and so

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 forth

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 where we

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 don't even

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 bring God

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 into our

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 thinking

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 or into

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 how we

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 act

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 our relationship

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 we have no

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 relationship

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 with him

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 well this

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 phrase

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 under heaven

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 most likely

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 is calling us

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 to not think

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 of life under

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 the sun

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 like we've

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 been doing

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 but to change

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 our focus

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 now

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 life under

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 heaven

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 life under

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 the eye

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 of God

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 now it could

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 be let's be

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 honest

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 some people

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 believe that

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 under heaven

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 is just another

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 way of saying

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 under the sun

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 but

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 if you read

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 all that's left

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 in this chapter

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 and we're

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 going to read

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 verses 9

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 through 15

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 in a moment

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 it seems

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 that Solomon

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 is giving us

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 a different

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 perspective on

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 life now

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 he is

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 he's bringing

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 God into

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 the equation

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 he's talking

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 about what

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 God does

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 what God

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 knows

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 what we

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 can and

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 can't know

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 about him

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 ourselves

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 we don't

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 control our

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 time

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 God

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 does

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 and in

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 the context

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 of this

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 chapter

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 especially

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 verses 11

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 through 15

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 we're talking

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 about now

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 life before

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 God

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 life under

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 heaven

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 note in

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 verse 14

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 what God

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 does

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 look at the

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 phrase

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 endures

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 forever

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 and God

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 is the one

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 who

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 look at

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 verse 11

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 has made

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 everything

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 beautiful

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 or beautifully

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 fitting

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 it's not

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 beautiful in

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 terms of

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 the picture

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 of loveliness

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 but beautifully

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 fitting

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 or appropriate

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 appropriate

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 is the

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 translation

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 a lot of

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 times

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 besides

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 beautiful

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 God is

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 one who

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 has made

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 everything

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 fitting

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 appropriate

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 beautifully

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 fitting

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 in its

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 time

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 now think

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:37.939
 about it

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 because God

00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:39.919
 lives forever

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 he works

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 in ways

00:19:43.399 --> 00:19:45.059
 big picture

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.639
 ways

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 that will

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 accomplish

00:19:47.460 --> 00:19:48.500
 his purpose

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 and he's not

00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:51.119
 really working

00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:51.639
 just in the

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 little confines

00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:53.460
 of our

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 experiences

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 or even

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 our whole

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 life

00:19:56.639 --> 00:19:58.519
 we don't

00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.259
 see everything

00:19:59.259 --> 00:20:00.000
 God sees

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 we know

00:20:01.259 --> 00:20:01.879
 that but we

00:20:01.879 --> 00:20:02.279
 didn't let it

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:02.779
 sort of sink

00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.619
 in we

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 don't and

00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:05.240
 can't see

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:06.099
 everything

00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:08.119
 that God

00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:08.720
 sees

00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:11.720
 therefore some

00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.119
 of the things

00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:12.539
 that happen

00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:13.319
 in our lives

00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:14.700
 don't make

00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:15.240
 sense

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:17.700
 I want you

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 to hear that

00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:19.500
 from Ecclesiastes

00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:20.460
 other places

00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:20.899
 in the Bible

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 some things

00:20:22.139 --> 00:20:23.339
 happen to us

00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:24.019
 in this world

00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:24.779
 some things

00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:25.480
 happen around

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:26.099
 us in this

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 world that do

00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:28.200
 not make sense

00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:29.099
 to us but that

00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:29.619
 does not mean

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 that they are

00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.539
 not without

00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:31.000
 purpose

00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:33.839
 we can't

00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:34.819
 see as God

00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.619
 sees because

00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:36.119
 we're not

00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:36.480
 God

00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:37.059
 we don't

00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:37.579
 have that

00:20:37.579 --> 00:20:39.079
 eternal or

00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:40.339
 heavenly perspective

00:20:40.339 --> 00:20:41.660
 as he does

00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:43.220
 some of the

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:43.700
 things not only

00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:44.059
 don't make

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:44.599
 sense but they

00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:44.880
 just don't

00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.640
 seem right

00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:47.539
 they don't

00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:48.740
 seem good

00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:50.779
 this is where

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.400
 faith comes

00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:51.700
 in

00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:54.160
 the Christian

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 I want to

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.220
 use I'll use

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:57.420
 the word

00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:58.160
 religion but I

00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:58.480
 don't like to

00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:59.519
 Christian religion

00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:01.519
 is a life

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:02.099
 of faith

00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:03.860
 it's supernatural

00:21:03.860 --> 00:21:05.200
 it's not just

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:06.019
 what we see

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.880
 and can touch

00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:07.380
 and feel

00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:10.220
 we have to

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.720
 know God

00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.360
 by faith

00:21:11.360 --> 00:21:12.400
 trust him

00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:13.980
 Hebrews chapter

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:15.940
 11 tells us

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.920
 in a big way

00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:18.519
 we have to

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.039
 trust that our

00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:19.940
 sovereign and

00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:20.720
 good and wise

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:22.140
 God is working

00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:23.640
 according to a

00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:24.640
 bigger picture

00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:26.400
 than we can see

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:28.259
 and we need

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.640
 to trust

00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:29.120
 we've got to

00:21:29.120 --> 00:21:30.060
 trust that his

00:21:30.060 --> 00:21:31.560
 picture of our

00:21:31.560 --> 00:21:34.420
 lives will turn

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:36.340
 out the most

00:21:36.340 --> 00:21:38.800
 beautifully fitting

00:21:38.800 --> 00:21:40.540
 they could possibly

00:21:40.540 --> 00:21:40.880
 be

00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:42.140
 see think about

00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:44.340
 God has a

00:21:44.340 --> 00:21:46.200
 picture in mind

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:48.420
 of your life

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:49.500
 of what he

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.259
 wants you to be

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:51.340
 how he wants

00:21:51.340 --> 00:21:51.860
 your life to turn

00:21:51.860 --> 00:21:52.560
 out who he wants

00:21:52.560 --> 00:21:53.240
 you to influence

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:53.620
 and all these

00:21:53.620 --> 00:21:54.259
 kind of things

00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:55.099
 and God is

00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:55.559
 working through

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:57.339
 all circumstances

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:58.119
 people

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:59.799
 everything in your

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.299
 life God's

00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:01.059
 working to bring

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.720
 that about

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:05.680
 good times

00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:06.879
 bad times

00:22:06.879 --> 00:22:08.119
 sad times

00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:09.579
 happy times

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.920
 let's look at

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.259
 some of the

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:12.799
 very things

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.879
 that disturb us

00:22:13.879 --> 00:22:14.299
 here for a

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:14.539
 moment

00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:15.720
 number three

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.579
 we will always

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:17.460
 have unanswered

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.140
 questions about

00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:18.839
 what God is

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.440
 doing and why

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:20.099
 he's doing it

00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:21.079
 now let's look

00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:21.759
 at verse nine

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:23.619
 what gain has

00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:24.059
 the worker

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:24.720
 from his toil

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:26.079
 I have seen

00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:26.980
 the busyness

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:28.039
 that God has

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.579
 given to the

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:29.460
 children of man

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.259
 to be busy

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:31.500
 with he has

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.099
 made everything

00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:33.859
 beautiful in

00:22:33.859 --> 00:22:34.640
 its time

00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:36.579
 also he has

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:37.440
 put eternity

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.799
 into man's

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:40.759
 heart yet so

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:42.339
 that he cannot

00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:43.940
 find out what

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:45.200
 God has done

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:45.920
 from the

00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:47.259
 beginning to

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.759
 the end

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:52.619
 think about

00:22:52.619 --> 00:22:52.879
 what he's

00:22:52.879 --> 00:22:53.279
 saying there

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:55.960
 part of being

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.900
 wise in this

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.400
 world is

00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:57.759
 learning to

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.299
 accept

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 that we

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.859
 have only

00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:01.660
 a limited

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.559
 access

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:04.519
 to the big

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:05.480
 picture God

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.299
 is working

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.879
 on in this

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:07.259
 world

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:09.220
 God has

00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:09.660
 made us in

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:09.900
 such a way

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:10.259
 look at verse

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.539
 11

00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:11.180
 God has

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:11.640
 made us in

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:11.980
 such a way

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.460
 that we know

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:12.920
 there is a

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.559
 bigger picture

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.379
 it says he

00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:14.759
 has put

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.379
 eternity

00:23:15.379 --> 00:23:16.079
 into man's

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:16.359
 heart

00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:19.079
 we know

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:19.659
 there is more

00:23:19.659 --> 00:23:20.299
 to life than

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:20.799
 what we just

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.079
 see

00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:21.899
 we know

00:23:21.899 --> 00:23:22.399
 there is more

00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:23.099
 to life than

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.719
 just our

00:23:23.719 --> 00:23:24.439
 existence

00:23:24.439 --> 00:23:26.079
 you know the

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:26.659
 Bible tells us

00:23:26.659 --> 00:23:26.979
 in Romans

00:23:26.979 --> 00:23:27.819
 chapter 1

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:29.679
 that God

00:23:29.679 --> 00:23:30.419
 makes himself

00:23:30.419 --> 00:23:31.079
 known through

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:31.619
 nature

00:23:31.619 --> 00:23:32.679
 but the

00:23:32.679 --> 00:23:33.039
 theologians

00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:33.919
 call natural

00:23:33.919 --> 00:23:34.579
 revelation

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:36.299
 the idea is

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:36.779
 God made

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.359
 human beings

00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:37.779
 in such a

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.240
 way that when

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.939
 we look around

00:23:38.939 --> 00:23:39.399
 at the

00:23:39.399 --> 00:23:40.859
 complexity and

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.699
 beauty and

00:23:41.699 --> 00:23:43.039
 order of

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.740
 nature

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:45.119
 there is just

00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:45.639
 something within

00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:46.299
 us that says

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:47.180
 that didn't

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.680
 just happen

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.839
 there is a

00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:49.240
 God who

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.899
 made it

00:23:49.899 --> 00:23:50.659
 and then in

00:23:50.659 --> 00:23:51.220
 Romans chapter

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:52.759
 2 Paul talks

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.379
 about how

00:23:53.379 --> 00:23:54.220
 God has

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:56.139
 put his

00:23:56.139 --> 00:23:56.680
 word in

00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:57.319
 our conscience

00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:58.480
 he has

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.240
 written his

00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:01.319
 word in

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.079
 our hearts

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:03.019
 so that we

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:04.519
 naturally not

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.180
 understand all

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:05.559
 things about

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.539
 scripture but

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:06.799
 that we

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.259
 naturally

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:08.039
 understand right

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.359
 and wrong

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.139
 we are born

00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:09.680
 into this world

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.259
 with an innate

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:11.099
 understanding that

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:11.720
 some things are

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.399
 right and some

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.039
 things are wrong

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:14.019
 that's because we

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.599
 created the image

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:14.960
 of God

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.759
 that's what God

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.380
 has done

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:17.759
 and this goes

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.519
 along with it

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:20.940
 God has

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.380
 created us

00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:21.740
 look at it

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.039
 again

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:25.059
 verse 11

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:27.120
 he has put

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:27.779
 eternity

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.960
 into man's

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.200
 heart

00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:30.620
 we know

00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:31.500
 there is

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:31.840
 more

00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:32.640
 we know

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.460
 life is more

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:34.259
 complex

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:36.259
 than what we

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:37.140
 can understand

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:38.299
 but then look

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:38.700
 at the next

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.079
 verse

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:40.579
 or next part

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:40.960
 of the verse

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:42.299
 it says

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.799
 we cannot

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.559
 find out

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.079
 what God

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.600
 has done

00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:45.400
 from the

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:45.720
 beginning

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.640
 to the

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:46.920
 end

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:49.700
 you heard

00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:50.240
 that right

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:52.100
 God has

00:24:52.100 --> 00:24:52.579
 created

00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:53.400
 eternity

00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:53.840
 within us

00:24:53.840 --> 00:24:54.380
 we know

00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:54.559
 there is

00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:55.299
 something else

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:56.440
 but he

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:56.819
 doesn't tell

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.200
 us everything

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.640
 about what

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.700
 the else

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.079
 is

00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:00.960
 there is a

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.240
 lot of

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.779
 mystery in

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.120
 life

00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:03.160
 there is a

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.480
 lot of

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.079
 mystery about

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:04.680
 the person

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.200
 and work

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:05.680
 of God

00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:06.519
 and that is

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:06.779
 what this

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.259
 passage is

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.740
 talking about

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.920
 nobody has

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.240
 all the

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.620
 answers

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:10.299
 no one

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.479
 even

00:25:10.479 --> 00:25:10.819
 understands

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.139
 all the

00:25:11.139 --> 00:25:11.619
 questions

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.839
 God is

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.219
 not being

00:25:13.219 --> 00:25:13.699
 cruel

00:25:13.699 --> 00:25:14.299
 not a

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.579
 joke

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.000
 by not

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.659
 telling us

00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:16.059
 everything

00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:17.799
 we just

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:18.039
 can't

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.639
 understand

00:25:18.639 --> 00:25:19.719
 everything

00:25:19.719 --> 00:25:20.279
 about God

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.699
 because we're

00:25:20.699 --> 00:25:21.299
 not God

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:23.359
 we can't

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:23.619
 understand

00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:24.319
 his mind

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:25.219
 his ways

00:25:25.219 --> 00:25:26.059
 his wisdom

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.859
 his purpose

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:29.500
 we'll

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.079
 understand

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:31.000
 some things

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.659
 in heaven

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:33.279
 but we'll

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:33.879
 never understand

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.339
 everything

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:34.859
 that God

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.299
 knows

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:36.299
 because we'll

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:36.659
 never be

00:25:36.659 --> 00:25:37.039
 God

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:38.639
 David Gibson

00:25:38.639 --> 00:25:39.279
 provides us

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.599
 with a good

00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:40.200
 perspective

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.680
 on all

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:40.859
 this

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.099
 look at

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:41.279
 what he

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.579
 says

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:43.099
 it is part

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:43.440
 of living

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.200
 well to

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.799
 accept two

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.240
 things

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.700
 first

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.599
 we are

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.180
 enclosed

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:47.859
 within

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.599
 times

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.519
 bounds

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.940
 and second

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:52.139
 God is

00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:52.480
 not

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:54.519
 we live

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:54.839
 in time

00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:55.420
 and space

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.379
 it's all

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:56.639
 we can

00:25:56.639 --> 00:25:57.059
 see

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.779
 hear

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.480
 understand

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.639
 God

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:00.119
 does not

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:01.559
 what we

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.059
 do

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.960
 comes

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.720
 and goes

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.859
 but whatever

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.720
 God does

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.879
 endures

00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.599
 forever

00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:08.939
 we are

00:26:08.939 --> 00:26:09.179
 each

00:26:09.179 --> 00:26:09.599
 building

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:09.839
 the

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.599
 project

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:11.240
 of

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.959
 me

00:26:11.959 --> 00:26:13.759
 constructing

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.099
 the

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:14.459
 edifice

00:26:14.459 --> 00:26:14.879
 of our

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:15.339
 lives

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:15.819
 but as

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.139
 we do

00:26:16.139 --> 00:26:16.439
 so

00:26:16.439 --> 00:26:17.019
 we are

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.219
 neither

00:26:17.219 --> 00:26:17.439
 the

00:26:17.439 --> 00:26:17.879
 architect

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:19.099
 nor

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.299
 the

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.639
 site

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:20.159
 manager

00:26:20.159 --> 00:26:21.359
 we are

00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:21.619
 each

00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:21.980
 writing

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.480
 the story

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:22.740
 of our

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.139
 lives

00:26:23.139 --> 00:26:23.439
 but we

00:26:23.439 --> 00:26:23.980
 are not

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.799
 the main

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.740
 author

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:28.299
 now if you

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:28.679
 have this

00:26:28.679 --> 00:26:29.099
 sense in

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.559
 you of

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:29.759
 just

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.659
 you are

00:26:30.659 --> 00:26:31.139
 independent

00:26:31.139 --> 00:26:31.679
 you always

00:26:31.679 --> 00:26:31.899
 do it

00:26:31.899 --> 00:26:32.500
 my way

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.419
 that's

00:26:33.419 --> 00:26:33.579
 very

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.159
 frustrating

00:26:34.159 --> 00:26:34.599
 to you

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:36.079
 but that's

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.559
 the truth

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:38.559
 that's

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.339
 the reality

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:40.980
 God is

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.460
 sovereign

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:42.480
 over this

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.839
 world

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.319
 he is

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:43.679
 sovereign

00:26:43.679 --> 00:26:44.079
 over

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.839
 our

00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:45.559
 lives

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:48.119
 God

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:48.559
 has

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.679
 put us

00:26:49.679 --> 00:26:49.919
 in this

00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:50.200
 world

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.659
 made us

00:26:50.659 --> 00:26:51.039
 as we

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.339
 are

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:51.899
 we have

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.159
 certain

00:26:52.159 --> 00:26:52.720
 responsibilities

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.440
 we do

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.000
 make real

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.500
 choices

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.059
 that affect

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:55.240
 the way

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.759
 we live

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:57.639
 but God

00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:58.379
 works

00:26:58.379 --> 00:26:58.980
 in and

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.240
 through

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.980
 and around

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.440
 and in

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:01.319
 spite of

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:02.980
 our

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.480
 choices

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.619
 and decisions

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:07.159
 that means

00:27:07.159 --> 00:27:09.299
 sometimes we

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.919
 just cannot

00:27:09.919 --> 00:27:10.879
 understand

00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:11.919
 why everything

00:27:11.919 --> 00:27:12.719
 happens

00:27:12.719 --> 00:27:14.239
 as it does

00:27:14.239 --> 00:27:14.779
 in the world

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.159
 and even

00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:15.459
 in our

00:27:15.459 --> 00:27:15.939
 lives

00:27:15.939 --> 00:27:17.979
 now sometimes

00:27:17.979 --> 00:27:19.799
 we suffer

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.899
 pain and

00:27:20.899 --> 00:27:21.279
 hardship

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:22.479
 because

00:27:22.479 --> 00:27:23.859
 of things

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.919
 we willfully

00:27:24.919 --> 00:27:25.299
 intentionally

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.639
 did

00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:26.259
 that's the

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.659
 law of the

00:27:26.659 --> 00:27:26.919
 harvest

00:27:26.919 --> 00:27:27.519
 you reap

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:27.819
 what you

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.059
 sow

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:29.759
 sometimes we

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.059
 can do

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.719
 just foolish

00:27:30.719 --> 00:27:31.399
 things

00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:32.339
 and it

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.839
 comes back

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.259
 to bite

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.559
 us

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.699
 we suffer

00:27:34.699 --> 00:27:36.259
 as consequences

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:37.679
 but some

00:27:37.679 --> 00:27:38.299
 things happen

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:40.099
 we had

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.480
 nothing to

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:40.759
 do with

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.220
 it

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:43.139
 we said

00:27:43.139 --> 00:27:43.679
 did

00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:44.519
 nothing

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.339
 wrong

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:46.359
 whatsoever

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:48.919
 as you

00:27:48.919 --> 00:27:49.259
 just look

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.659
 at life

00:27:49.659 --> 00:27:50.399
 as we

00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:50.819
 just live

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.139
 life

00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:52.579
 sometimes

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.259
 we or

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:54.000
 other people

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.919
 suffer for

00:27:54.919 --> 00:27:55.899
 no apparent

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:56.659
 reason

00:27:56.659 --> 00:27:59.779
 nothing will

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.240
 ever be

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:01.039
 revealed in

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.740
 this world

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.720
 that will

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.339
 make sense

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:03.639
 of the

00:28:03.639 --> 00:28:03.940
 school

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.339
 shooting

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:04.980
 in Florida

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.839
 last week

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.279
 or any

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:06.539
 school

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:06.899
 shooting

00:28:06.899 --> 00:28:09.579
 and no

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.259
 answers

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:11.720
 will ever

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.399
 comfort the

00:28:12.399 --> 00:28:13.440
 grieving parents

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:14.659
 of those who

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:15.099
 died

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:17.879
 there just

00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:18.539
 are none

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:20.039
 we're going to

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.680
 see next week

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.139
 that God

00:28:21.139 --> 00:28:21.899
 is just

00:28:21.899 --> 00:28:23.839
 and that

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.119
 there's going

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:24.539
 to be a day

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.079
 of judgment

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.440
 there's going

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:25.759
 to be a day

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.339
 of reckoning

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:26.779
 for all

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.159
 people

00:28:27.159 --> 00:28:28.920
 and there's

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.579
 specifically

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:30.460
 going to be

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.480
 the day

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.500
 of reckoning

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:32.900
 for the

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.180
 wicked

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:34.960
 and we're

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.539
 supposed to

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.039
 count on

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.299
 that

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:36.860
 we're supposed

00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:37.400
 to depend

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:37.960
 upon God

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.519
 to settle

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:38.880
 the score

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.160
 to make

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.700
 things right

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.400
 one day

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:41.000
 we'll talk

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.299
 about that

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.559
 a little bit

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:41.920
 more next

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.200
 week

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:43.279
 but our

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.799
 questions

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.400
 remain

00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:47.299
 God may be

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.880
 just but we

00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:48.519
 don't understand

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:50.319
 some of them

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:50.840
 will never

00:28:50.840 --> 00:28:52.299
 be answered

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:54.180
 and we just

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:54.720
 need to accept

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.059
 that

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:56.779
 here's the thing

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.640
 God is not

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.720
 accountable to us

00:28:58.720 --> 00:29:02.600
 God does not

00:29:02.600 --> 00:29:03.140
 have to explain

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.500
 himself

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:04.860
 he is God

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:06.059
 he is holy

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:07.660
 he is sovereign

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:10.039
 he is good

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:13.299
 he is all wise

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.680
 all knowing

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:15.500
 all powerful

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:18.339
 he is God

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:19.039
 and we are not

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:21.460
 he is not

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.400
 accountable

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:24.079
 to explain

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:25.039
 himself to us

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:28.119
 he does not

00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:29.139
 explain everything

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:29.839
 he does

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:31.500
 he does not

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.180
 explain everything

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:33.200
 he allows

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:38.399
 we just have

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:38.819
 to accept

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.339
 it

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:41.119
 if that bothers

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:41.659
 us we just

00:29:41.659 --> 00:29:42.099
 have to get

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.680
 over it

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:44.599
 if we're

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.039
 going to really

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.819
 have a relationship

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.480
 with God

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:49.379
 it's his

00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:50.879
 decision

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:52.099
 what we know

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.659
 what we don't

00:29:52.659 --> 00:29:52.920
 know

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:55.580
 but God

00:29:55.580 --> 00:29:56.180
 can be trusted

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.620
 to work

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.420
 everything out

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:58.200
 for ultimate

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.779
 good

00:29:58.779 --> 00:30:00.519
 you know

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:00.940
 the story

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.680
 of Joseph

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:04.420
 in a nutshell

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:05.180
 Joseph

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:06.779
 a privileged

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.420
 son

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.160
 hated by

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:09.080
 his brothers

00:30:09.080 --> 00:30:10.600
 sold into

00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:11.060
 slavery

00:30:11.060 --> 00:30:11.740
 taken to a

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.700
 foreign country

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.400
 he knew

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:14.200
 he didn't know

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.620
 the culture

00:30:14.620 --> 00:30:14.880
 didn't know

00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.180
 the language

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.440
 didn't know

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:15.740
 anything

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:17.080
 but he sought

00:30:17.080 --> 00:30:17.640
 to be faithful

00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:18.120
 to God

00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:18.660
 and faithful

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.120
 to the man

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.759
 who bought

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.200
 him

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:22.519
 and God

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:22.819
 just

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:24.120
 raised him

00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:24.620
 up in that

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:25.440
 man Potiphar's

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.799
 house

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.720
 he became

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.519
 the lead

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.940
 servant

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.960
 over everything

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.940
 well Potiphar's

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.779
 wife took a

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.420
 liking to him

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:32.519
 she tried to

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:33.080
 seduce him

00:30:33.080 --> 00:30:34.059
 and one day

00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:35.500
 she got his

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:35.940
 coat

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.960
 he was so

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.539
 committed to

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:37.940
 not

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:39.559
 sinning against

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.299
 God that way

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:40.840
 he said

00:30:40.840 --> 00:30:42.340
 he just ran

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:42.640
 out

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.600
 from his

00:30:43.600 --> 00:30:43.920
 coat

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:45.640
 she accused

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.039
 him of

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.500
 assault

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.080
 he wound up

00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.620
 in prison

00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:49.899
 he struggled

00:30:49.899 --> 00:30:50.439
 there

00:30:50.439 --> 00:30:52.159
 but finally

00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:52.719
 by the grace

00:30:52.719 --> 00:30:53.199
 of God

00:30:53.199 --> 00:30:55.439
 somebody

00:30:55.439 --> 00:30:56.119
 remembered

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.500
 Joseph

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.159
 in the prison

00:30:57.159 --> 00:30:58.479
 brought him

00:30:58.479 --> 00:30:59.239
 out to

00:30:59.239 --> 00:30:59.599
 Pharaoh

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.939
 he interpreted

00:31:00.939 --> 00:31:01.539
 Pharaoh's

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.119
 dreams

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:03.059
 and Pharaoh

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:04.319
 put him in

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:05.039
 charge of all

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.519
 of Egypt

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:07.059
 prime minister

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.559
 of Egypt

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:09.439
 now that was

00:31:09.439 --> 00:31:09.959
 all over

00:31:09.959 --> 00:31:11.399
 13 years

00:31:11.399 --> 00:31:13.339
 Joseph's

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:13.759
 brothers

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.219
 who had

00:31:14.219 --> 00:31:14.939
 sold him

00:31:14.939 --> 00:31:16.039
 things were

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.899
 bad at home

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.960
 they had to

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.300
 go down to

00:31:18.300 --> 00:31:18.480
 Egypt

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:18.820
 and try to

00:31:18.820 --> 00:31:19.480
 buy food

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.460
 and to make

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:21.040
 a long story

00:31:21.040 --> 00:31:21.460
 short

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.120
 when they

00:31:22.120 --> 00:31:22.480
 got to

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.740
 Egypt

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.180
 and they

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.660
 found out

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.120
 Joseph

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:24.519
 was the

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:24.920
 man they

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.300
 were dealing

00:31:25.300 --> 00:31:25.580
 with

00:31:25.580 --> 00:31:26.040
 they were

00:31:26.040 --> 00:31:26.480
 scared to

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:26.680
 death

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.780
 they just

00:31:27.780 --> 00:31:28.240
 knew he

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.620
 was going

00:31:28.620 --> 00:31:29.660
 to justly

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:32.040
 exact revenge

00:31:32.040 --> 00:31:33.280
 for what they

00:31:33.280 --> 00:31:33.920
 had done to

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.140
 him

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:35.940
 here's what

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.800
 Joseph said

00:31:36.800 --> 00:31:38.019
 to his

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.600
 brothers

00:31:38.600 --> 00:31:40.860
 as for you

00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:42.400
 you meant

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:43.840
 evil against

00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:44.240
 me

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:45.860
 but God

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:46.300
 meant it for

00:31:46.300 --> 00:31:46.700
 good

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:47.420
 to bring

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:47.840
 it about

00:31:47.840 --> 00:31:48.380
 that many

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:49.100
 people should

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:49.759
 be kept

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.580
 alive

00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:51.420
 as they

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:52.180
 are today

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:54.620
 Joseph

00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:55.039
 understood

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.360
 what his

00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:55.759
 brothers did

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.160
 were wrong

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:56.420
 it was

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:56.759
 evil

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.840
 he couldn't

00:31:57.840 --> 00:31:58.420
 understand why

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:58.680
 they would

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:58.980
 do that

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.620
 but God

00:31:59.620 --> 00:32:00.299
 worked through

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.860
 all that

00:32:00.860 --> 00:32:02.440
 their willful

00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:03.000
 mean

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.559
 intentions

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.960
 to save

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.539
 his people

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:06.819
 through Joseph

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.900
 Paul assures us

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.279
 that God's

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.819
 working for our

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.360
 ultimate good

00:32:09.360 --> 00:32:10.080
 in Romans 8

00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:10.380
 28

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:10.980
 you know

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.700
 that verse

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:13.860
 Joseph's life

00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:14.420
 story just

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:15.180
 plays it out

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:16.580
 this passage

00:32:16.580 --> 00:32:17.080
 does not

00:32:17.080 --> 00:32:17.440
 end with

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:17.840
 unanswered

00:32:17.840 --> 00:32:18.220
 questions

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.620
 quickly

00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:19.980
 it concludes

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.380
 with some

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:21.720
 very positive

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.740
 answers

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.400
 look at it

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:23.980
 we can

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.799
 experience joy

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.440
 and contentment

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:25.820
 during our

00:32:25.820 --> 00:32:26.440
 times by

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:28.320
 trusting God's

00:32:28.320 --> 00:32:29.680
 sovereign plan

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:30.140
 look at verse

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:30.500
 12

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.220
 quickly here

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:32.279
 I perceive

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:32.860
 that there's

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.620
 nothing better

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:34.160
 for them

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.840
 than to be

00:32:34.840 --> 00:32:35.340
 joyful

00:32:35.340 --> 00:32:36.299
 and to do

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:37.080
 good as long

00:32:37.080 --> 00:32:37.680
 as they live

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.720
 also that

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.720
 everyone should

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.480
 eat and drink

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.240
 and take pleasure

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.539
 in all

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:42.000
 is toil

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.779
 this is

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.339
 God's

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:44.000
 gift

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:45.160
 to man

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:45.779
 that's similar

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.079
 to what we

00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:46.480
 looked at

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:47.039
 at the end

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.700
 last week

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:50.440
 a lot of us

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.539
 a lot of people

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:52.339
 including us

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:52.799
 as Christians

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:54.259
 have perfected

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.839
 the art

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.640
 of worrying

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:57.720
 a lot of people

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.200
 the way they

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:59.099
 react

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.859
 respond to

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.519
 uncertainty

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.480
 is to worry

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:03.620
 but as a result

00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:04.519
 we

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:05.859
 when we do

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.500
 that we miss

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.200
 out on the

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.640
 blessings

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.140
 that God

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.759
 provides

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.559
 in the

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.119
 present

00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:11.359
 God

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:11.700
 wants us

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:11.940
 to learn

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.740
 to enjoy

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.960
 his blessings

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:15.119
 today

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:16.259
 and do

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:17.059
 good with

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.440
 them

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:18.259
 is what he

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.519
 said in

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:18.960
 verses 12

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.259
 and 13

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:19.599
 we just

00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:19.839
 read

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:22.019
 what stands

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.579
 out most

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:22.819
 that we

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.279
 ought to see

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.599
 in these

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:23.920
 verses

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:25.079
 is how

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:27.079
 what God

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:27.920
 gives us

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:28.720
 we need

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.319
 to readily

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:30.119
 acknowledge

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:31.140
 they are

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:31.740
 gifts

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.859
 from God

00:33:32.859 --> 00:33:34.879
 he is not

00:33:34.879 --> 00:33:35.480
 advocating

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:36.160
 this secular

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.900
 mindset of

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.319
 eat drink

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:37.879
 and be merry

00:33:37.879 --> 00:33:38.299
 for tomorrow

00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:38.940
 you may die

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:40.440
 this is an

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.259
 expression of

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.859
 faith

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:43.119
 in the goodness

00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:43.619
 and grace

00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:44.079
 of God

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:45.700
 he is telling

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.059
 us

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.879
 whatever God

00:33:46.879 --> 00:33:47.240
 gives us

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.539
 the blessings

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.159
 he gives us

00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:49.279
 enjoy them

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:50.000
 but enjoy

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.599
 them not

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:51.680
 just in

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:51.899
 and of

00:33:51.899 --> 00:33:52.240
 themselves

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:53.079
 enjoy them

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.559
 as coming

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.740
 from God

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:56.379
 remember the

00:33:56.379 --> 00:33:56.759
 giver

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.680
 not just

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:58.299
 the gift

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.899
 is what

00:33:58.899 --> 00:33:59.299
 he is talking

00:33:59.299 --> 00:33:59.599
 about

00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:02.159
 we cannot

00:34:02.159 --> 00:34:02.720
 truly

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:04.200
 understand

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.899
 or control

00:34:04.899 --> 00:34:05.779
 the times

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.579
 or the

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.059
 seasons

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:08.019
 of our

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.420
 life

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.739
 but God

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.219
 can

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:11.719
 and God

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.239
 does

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:13.639
 he holds

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.779
 our times

00:34:14.779 --> 00:34:16.500
 in his

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:17.079
 sovereign

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.860
 hands

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:19.460
 God

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.239
 intends for us

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:20.659
 to be like

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.259
 children who

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:21.880
 trust their

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.519
 parents

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:24.079
 to know

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.739
 what's best

00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:25.279
 because

00:34:25.279 --> 00:34:27.539
 they can see

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:27.800
 what their

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:28.679
 children can't

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:30.699
 they know

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.039
 what their

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.719
 children are not

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:32.679
 capable of

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:33.099
 what they're not

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.840
 capable of doing

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.500
 or knowing

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:36.720
 such a

00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:37.380
 relationship of

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.900
 trust in the

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:38.300
 life of a

00:34:38.300 --> 00:34:38.780
 child is

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:39.720
 built on the

00:34:39.720 --> 00:34:40.720
 character of

00:34:40.720 --> 00:34:41.420
 the parents

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:44.059
 I know it

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.660
 takes a while

00:34:44.660 --> 00:34:45.440
 for a child

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:47.360
 to trust that

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:48.079
 when a parent

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.920
 says no

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.440
 they mean it

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:49.700
 for their

00:34:49.700 --> 00:34:50.079
 good

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:52.120
 but boys and

00:34:52.120 --> 00:34:52.500
 girls

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.120
 teenagers

00:34:53.120 --> 00:34:55.920
 there should

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.460
 come a time

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.240
 in your life

00:34:57.240 --> 00:34:57.840
 where you

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.440
 reach the

00:34:58.440 --> 00:35:00.120
 maturity to

00:35:00.120 --> 00:35:00.500
 know

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:02.100
 my parents

00:35:02.100 --> 00:35:02.860
 love me so

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.400
 much

00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:05.059
 that they're

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:05.700
 willing to

00:35:05.700 --> 00:35:06.300
 say no

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:06.880
 about certain

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.460
 things even

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.720
 though it

00:35:07.720 --> 00:35:08.480
 causes conflict

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:08.800
 in the

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.039
 home

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:10.820
 even though it

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.619
 breaks my

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.019
 heart I don't

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.260
 get to do

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:12.619
 what I want

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.000
 to do

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:14.220
 even though

00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:15.700
 it's just

00:35:15.700 --> 00:35:16.519
 anything but

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.039
 good at the

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.380
 time

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:19.579
 when you reach

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.019
 that point of

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.800
 maturity when you

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.500
 realize your

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:22.460
 parents love you

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.400
 so much they'll

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:23.960
 do whatever's

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:25.500
 necessary to

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:26.139
 help you take

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.980
 care of you look

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.680
 out for you

00:35:27.680 --> 00:35:29.539
 then you won't

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:30.139
 resent them so

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.500
 much

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:32.599
 then you'll be

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.159
 able to hear

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:34.099
 that no or

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.900
 not now

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:37.539
 as words of

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:38.360
 love

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:40.400
 words of

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:41.079
 wisdom

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:43.139
 that'll benefit

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:43.619
 you

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:46.619
 our God

00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:47.980
 is a God

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.619
 of love

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:50.239
 of wisdom

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:51.920
 of kindness

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:54.260
 we can trust

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:55.920
 our times

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.599
 we can trust

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.440
 our lives

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:59.440
 in his hands

00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:00.760
 if you ever

00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:01.340
 doubt that

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:02.539
 remember he

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:03.360
 sent his son

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:03.960
 Jesus into

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.539
 this world

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:05.680
 to die

00:36:05.680 --> 00:36:07.039
 to pay the

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.500
 penalty for

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.500
 our sins

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.579
 so that through

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:10.440
 faith in Jesus

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:11.820
 we can be

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:12.300
 forgiven

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:13.780
 made children

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:14.380
 of God

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:14.780
 for all

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.260
 eternity

00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:16.480
 that's how

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.019
 much God

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:18.039
 loves us

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:20.119
 trust him

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:21.180
 with your

00:36:21.180 --> 00:36:21.760
 times

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:23.059
 trust him

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.740
 in the season

00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:24.300
 of life

00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:24.900
 that you're in

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.260
 now

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:26.280
 regardless of

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:26.600
 what you

00:36:26.600 --> 00:36:27.080
 think

00:36:27.080 --> 00:36:27.540
 what you

00:36:27.540 --> 00:36:27.800
 know

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:28.120
 what you

00:36:28.120 --> 00:36:28.420
 don't

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:28.700
 know

00:36:28.700 --> 00:36:30.100
 God

00:36:30.100 --> 00:36:30.300
 is

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.860
 trustworthy

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:32.360
 let's pray

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:32.720
 together

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:34.040
 dear God

00:36:34.040 --> 00:36:35.480
 show us

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:36.080
 now how we

00:36:36.080 --> 00:36:36.760
 should respond

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.240
 to you

00:36:37.240 --> 00:36:39.040
 show us

00:36:39.040 --> 00:36:39.600
 father how we

00:36:39.600 --> 00:36:40.560
 are responding

00:36:40.560 --> 00:36:42.620
 are we

00:36:42.620 --> 00:36:43.280
 fighting you

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:45.040
 are we just

00:36:45.040 --> 00:36:45.580
 griping and

00:36:45.580 --> 00:36:46.040
 complaining

00:36:46.040 --> 00:36:48.100
 or are we

00:36:48.100 --> 00:36:48.980
 trusting you

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.320
 and just

00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:49.740
 seeking to be

00:36:49.740 --> 00:36:50.420
 responsible

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:51.780
 learn what we

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:52.340
 can but

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.920
 accept what

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:54.260
 we can't

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:55.600
 so work

00:36:55.600 --> 00:36:55.960
 in us

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.420
 dear God

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:56.700
 that we

00:36:56.700 --> 00:36:57.300
 know what

00:36:57.300 --> 00:36:57.660
 we ought

00:36:57.660 --> 00:36:58.000
 to do

00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:00.180
 if there's

00:37:00.180 --> 00:37:00.480
 people in

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:00.740
 here who

00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:01.000
 do not

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.500
 know Christ

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:01.760
 as their

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:02.060
 Lord and

00:37:02.060 --> 00:37:02.280
 Savior

00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:02.640
 help them

00:37:02.640 --> 00:37:03.080
 to see

00:37:03.080 --> 00:37:03.800
 that is

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.060
 their

00:37:04.060 --> 00:37:04.520
 greatest

00:37:04.520 --> 00:37:04.860
 need

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.420
 right now

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:06.800
 so work

00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:07.080
 in them

00:37:07.080 --> 00:37:07.400
 to enable

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:07.680
 them to

00:37:07.680 --> 00:37:08.120
 call upon

00:37:08.120 --> 00:37:08.420
 Jesus

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:09.540
 to save

00:37:09.540 --> 00:37:09.820
 them

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:11.960
 and in an

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.380
 attitude of

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:12.740
 prayer you

00:37:12.740 --> 00:37:13.100
 just obey

00:37:13.100 --> 00:37:13.500
 the Lord

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:14.200
 and do

00:37:14.200 --> 00:37:14.440
 what he's

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:14.780
 calling you

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:15.120
 to do

00:37:15.120 --> 00:37:16.120
 and if you'd

00:37:16.120 --> 00:37:16.680
 like to pray

00:37:16.680 --> 00:37:17.160
 here at the

00:37:17.160 --> 00:37:17.520
 front right

00:37:17.520 --> 00:37:17.820
 now I

00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:18.580
 will be here

00:37:18.580 --> 00:37:18.920
 at the front

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.320
 and be happy

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:19.559
 to do

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:19.780
 that