In the sermon last Sunday, our pastor shared from Ecclesiastes "there is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven". Whether we like it or not, time isn't something we can control. It does, however, create different feels of duration. For instance, we may feel like a good season is happening too quick that we have barely enjoyed its moment of bliss, yet a bad season—though we know it also won't last long—feels as if it's going on forever that we have grown sick of it.
Our pastor used an illustration of road trip to describe it more clearly.
Let's say we're going on a road trip that will take 3 hours of driving. If it routes through flat parched roads, the whole trip will feel like it's going on for 6 hours. It is boring, exhausting, and unpleasant. However, if we're driving through a scenic route with trees, green hills, blue sky, and beautiful mountains, that 3-hour-trip will feel like it's only going on for 30 minutes.
The weariness in a trip seems to slow down time, whereas the joy in a trip seems to speed up time. Can you guess how I felt during our trip to Leavenworth on Monday? This was our view:
"I've also concluded that whatever God does, that's the way it's going to be, always.
No addition, no subtraction. God's done it and that's it.
That's so we'll quit asking questions and simply worship in holy fear."
— Ecclesiastes 3:14
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