There is a Time for Everything

by Maloi Salumbides

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Ikaw ba ay mainipin? Kapag mayroong problema sa inyong opisina, gusto mo bang may solution kaagad? Kapag may people problem sa kumpanya, ang una mo bang naiisip ay sibakin ang staff na madalas pagmulan ng conflict? Ganito ka ba magdasal, “Lord, please give me patience. And give it to me, NOW na, Lord!”

Remember this, there is always a time for everything.

Ang sabi ng Ecclesiastes 3:1-11, “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 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…God has made everything beautiful in its time.”

There is a time for everything, kaya…

1) Learn to enjoy every activity in its appropriate season. Kung ano ang pwede mong gawin ngayon, yun ang pagka-abalahan mo at i-enjoy mo. Hindi yung kung kelan tag-ulan tsaka mo gustong pumunta sa beach. Kung kelan naman tag-init saka ka nagpapang-ginaw, Hindi bagay eh. Sa opisina, kung kelan oras ng trabaho, tsaka

naman tayo busy sa pakikipag-chat sa kaibigan natin. Kung kelan, pauwi na si boss, tsaka tayo magmamadaling magpapirma ng mga importanteng documents na kailangang basahin at pag-isipang mabuti. Pagpanahon ng trabaho, ibigay ang todo sa pagtatrabaho. Kapag panahon ng bakasyon at pahinga, time-out muna sa work mo. Do every activity in its appropriate time and season.

2) Pangalawa, there is a time for everything so avoid hurrying or rushing. Kapag palagi kang nagmamadali, symptom yan na mayroon kang activity na mali ang timing o kulang sa oras. Nakaka-stress yata ang madalas na pagmamadali. Stressful sa health pati na rin sa relationships. Tandaan: Haste makes waste. Sa movie version ng Prince Caspian, isa sa mga installment ng Chronicles of Narnia, may magandang aral na mapupulot tungkol sa right timing. When High King Peter and his siblings returned to the magical place called Narnia, it was in utter ruins. Bukod dito ay mayroon pang kaaway na naka-ambang umatake sa kanila. Gustong sugurin ni Peter and kanilang mga kalaban pero tutol ditto si Prince Caspian. Lucy, the youngest of the four Pevensies, was also

against the idea. Lucy said, “It seems that you thinking of only two options, to die here or to die there. Have you forgotten, who really defeated the white witch? (She was referring to Aslan). The older Pevensie answered, “We’ve waited for Aslan, long enough. Now we need to do it ourselves.” Nasunod si Peter, sinugod nila ang kalaban, at ang resulta ng hindi nila paghihintay… marami ang nasawi sa kanilang mga kasamahan at natalo sila.

Avoid rush decisions and hurried actions because Haste makes waste. Kadalasan ay mas pinagsisisihan ang pagmamadali. Kaya huwag mong madaliin ang pagsagot sa manliligaw mo. Huwag ding masyadong eager sa pagtanggap ng trabaho o maging ng promotion? Learn to count the cost and wait for the best offer.

3) There is a time for everything. Pangatlong dapat tandaan pagdating sa timing ay ito: waiting does not mean inactivity. Something great happens when we wait. Waiting develops our character. As you wait, learn to depend on God and trust that his timing is best. Ang hinog sa pilit, kung hindi mapakla ay mapait. Ang hinog sa puno ay matamis.

Huwag masyadong maging apurado sa buhay at sa trabaho. Tandaan mo, there is a time for everything.