Ang lahat sa mundong ito ay may kanya-kanyang panahon, may kanya-kanyang oras.

Ang Mangangaral 3:1

Kailan ka huling nagbalik-tanaw? Tingnan mo ang mga lumang litrato sa photo albums. Reminisce the good ol’ days. Balikan ang mga bagay na gamit mo years back pero ngayon ay obsolete at hindi na alam ng mga mas bata sa iyo kung paano gamitin. Kailan ka huling bumisita sa dati mong tambayan? Time flies so fast. At ang panahon na lumipas ay hindi na maibabalik kaya while we’re on it, we have to make the most out of it.

The wise man who wrote Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 reminds us that there’s a time and season for everything. At sa bawat panahon ay nakabase kung ano ang dapat nating gawin. Hindi ka puwedeng mag-ani ng bunga kung nasa panahon ka ng pagtatanim. Kung walang itinanim, walang bungang aanihin. Kung sa panahon ng pag-ani ay pipiliin mong magtanim, naku, mahihinog nang husto ang bunga hanggang mabulok! O kaya naman ay baka kunin ng iba o kainin ng ibon. Sayang! Hindi mo mae-enjoy ito. If it’s time to heal, you need to rest and recover. Otherwise, you will not heal or your condition may worsen. If it’s time to move on, you have to keep going and forget the former things. God has made everything beautiful in His time (Ecclesiastes 3:11). He is God of time that He even set eternity in the human heart. Therefore, we can trust God in all times — past, present, and our future.

Nasaang era ka na ngayon? Are you in your waiting era? Trust God even if it’s taking longer than expected. Are you in your fruitful era? Praise God and honor Him in every fruit. Are you in your lost-person era? Call on God and He will lead you to the right path.