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Ecclesiastes, chapter 3, verse 11.

He has made everything beautiful in its time.

Also, he has put eternity into man's heart,

yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.

I could actually keep going the verses after this that help us understand verse 11,

but I just want us to reflect on this phrase and pray according to this phrase

that God, one, has made everything beautiful in its time.

So here's the perspective of God who sees all of time, eternity past, and eternity future.

He sees it all.

That in and of itself is mind-boggling and deeply encouraging.

I think about when we walk through challenges, some of us walking through challenges right now in our lives,

and we don't understand why this is happening or where this is going to know that God sees it all,

that He knows it all, that God sees things we don't see about what has led

to this point and what will come from this point.

We can trust in the God who sees all time and sees our circumstances in the context

of all of eternity, which leads to the next phrase, he has put

eternity into man's heart.

What a picture that God has put in all of us, a sense that this world is not all there is.

That there is more beyond what we see, both in the past and in the present, that

lasts forever.

And what a verse to reflect on as we prepare to celebrate Easter Sunday to be reminded that this

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