Joni Mitchel: "The Circle Game"

This is one song we can all relate to as it's about life. Additionally, people tend to want to grow up when they're children and then wish to stop the advance of the years once they're grown. Listen to this excellent songwriter's thoughtful song here.

In our lives, the Lord has granted us different seasons. Ecclesiastes 3:1 (Bible in Basic English) reminds us, "For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun."

And to help us with keeping track of the times, Genesis 1:14 and 15 (BBE) reads, "And God said, 'Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years: And let them be for lights in the arch of heaven to give light on the earth:' and it was so."

Holy days in the Old Testament were also set for various seasons of the year. As God told Moses in Leviticus 23:4 (BBE), "These are the fixed feasts of the Lord, the holy days of worship which you will keep at their regular times."

Our Father in Heaven is also fully in charge of whatever happens. Nothing is beyond his control, as we read in Daniel 2:20-22 (BBE). "And Daniel said in answer, 'May the name of God be praised for ever and ever: for wisdom and strength are his: By him times and years are changed: by him kings are taken away and kings are lifted up: he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those whose minds are awake:  He is the unveiler of deep and secret things: he has knowledge of what is in the dark, and the light has its living-place with him.'"

But details of future events remain off limits for us, as Christ told his disciples in Acts 1:7 and 8 (BBE). "And he said to them, 'It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control. But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

If Jesus hasn't returned by Monday, I expect to have my next blog post up.