A Time for Everything

There is a time for everything,
  and a season for every activity under heaven :
 
  a time to be born and a time to die,
  a time to plant and a time to uproot,
  a time to kill and a time to heal,
  a time to tear down and a time to build,
  a time to weep and a time to laugh,
  a time to mourn and a time to dance,
  a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
  a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
  a time to search and a time to give up,
  a time to keep and a a time to throw away,
  a time to tear and a time to mend,
  a time to be silent and a time to speak,
  a time to love and a time to hate,
  a time for war and a time for peace.

What does the worker gain from all his toil?
I have seen the burden God has laid on men.
He has made everything beautiful in it's time.
He has also set eternity in the hearts of men;
yet they cannot fathom what God has done
from beginning to end.
I know that there is nothing better for men than
to be happy and do good while they live.
That everyone may eat and drink, 
and find satisfaction in all his toil -
this is the gift of God.
I know that everything God does will endure forever;
nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it.
God does it so that men will revere him.
  Ecclesiastes 3:1-14

Thank you Daddy for reminding me today that there is a time for everything!  There is so much wisdom to apply from these verses, nothing I could say would add any depth of insight....your Word is perfect.  Please help me to remember these things and apply them as I spend time preparing my heart and home for celebrating the Christmas season with friends and family.