Thought for November 2025
Time
Here we are in November, how time has flown. A lot of people say time seems to go faster the older we get. Of course it's not true. There is still 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week. 52 weeks in a year.
In Ecclesiastes the Bible tells of a time for everything and here are some of them.
A time to be born and a time to die.
A time to plant and a time to uproot.
A time to weep and a time to laugh.
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
A time to mourn and a time dance.
A time to search and a time to give up.
A time to tear and a time to mend.
A time to be silent and a time to speak.
How do we spend our time?
Sleeping, working, sport, music, family etc. As we have got older sleeping plays a bigger part!
We find it very important to spend a time each day with God, when we can read the Bible and pray. Quite often when we read the Bible, which we have read for many years, we see something fresh, something that speaks to us again of God's wonderful love.
It is helpful when we pray to start with worship and adoration to our great God, then confession followed by thanks and petitions. No time spent with God is wasted.
When we look at the state of our world our hearts are saddened. The Bible tells us in Matthew 24 v 3 - 8 that in the last times there will be wars and rumours of wars, nation will rise against nation, earthquakes, famines and all kinds of diseases.
Yes, we can see these things all around us, so it does warn us to be ready. Matthew 25 v 42 says "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come".
Des and Hazel Sussex |
