"There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens: 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 from embracing, 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." //Ecclesiastes 3:2-8 (NIV Version) And now, more and more, I'm certain that it is the time for moving on. That we have had a wonderful few years of building, growing and sowing together but now is the time when we will have to go on to new things. At the end of the discussion, David asked us several times whether we feel sad. After thinking about it, I don't think the right feeling is sadness. I think we can look back on the good times with fondness but also look to the future with excitement and anticipation. Afterall, the cell is for the people. The people are not made for the cell. So when the time has come for us to scatter stones, we will do so. At the same time, we can also move on to the new things that we are called to do. All along, I have known that I was called to do highlife cell ministry for two groups of people. That when these people reached the point of being ready for a new season in their lives, it would be time for me to move on as well. Now, I can sense that this point is here and I will have to learn how to let go and move on too. There are no regrets, no wasted time, none at all. For a time and place, we were called to be together and we will forever be brothers and sisters in Christ no matter where we move on to.
"There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens: 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 from embracing, 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." //Ecclesiastes 3:2-8 (NIV Version) And now, more and more, I'm certain that it is the time for moving on. That we have had a wonderful few years of building, growing and sowing together but now is the time when we will have to go on to new things. At the end of the discussion, David asked us several times whether we feel sad. After thinking about it, I don't think the right feeling is sadness. I think we can look back on the good times with fondness but also look to the future with excitement and anticipation. Afterall, the cell is for the people. The people are not made for the cell. So when the time has come for us to scatter stones, we will do so. At the same time, we can also move on to the new things that we are called to do. All along, I have known that I was called to do highlife cell ministry for two groups of people. That when these people reached the point of being ready for a new season in their lives, it would be time for me to move on as well. Now, I can sense that this point is here and I will have to learn how to let go and move on too. There are no regrets, no wasted time, none at all. For a time and place, we were called to be together and we will forever be brothers and sisters in Christ no matter where we move on to.
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