every seed dies before it grows

^"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." Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

sometimes we have to let things happen how they want to happen. we try so hard to breathe life into something that the Lord just wants to die, not realizing that death is an 'okay' thing. Death in the Christian life actually equates to life - so really, it's even better than 'okay'. It's just having the faith and the courage enough to believe it. 

oh, how the times are changing.
-c