Ecclesiastes 3 New Living Translation (NLT)

A Time for Everything

3 For everything there is a season,

a time for every activity under heaven.

2 A time to be born and a time to die.

A time to plant and a time to harvest.

3 A time to kill and a time to heal.

A time to tear down and a time to build up.

4 A time to cry and a time to laugh.

A time to grieve and a time to dance.

5 A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.

A time to embrace and a time to turn away.

6 A time to search and a time to quit searching.

A time to keep and a time to throw away.

7 A time to tear and a time to mend.

A time to be quiet and a time to speak.

8 A time to love and a time to hate.

A time for war and a time for peace.

The Injustices of Life

16 I also noticed that under the sun there is evil in the courtroom. Yes, even the courts of law are corrupt! 17 I said to myself, “In due season God will judge everyone, both good and bad, for all their deeds.”

18 I also thought about the human condition—how God proves to people that they are like animals. 19 For people and animals share the same fate—both breathe[a] and both must die. So people have no real advantage over the animals. How meaningless! 20 Both go to the same place—they came from dust and they return to dust. 21 For who can prove that the human spirit goes up and the spirit of animals goes down into the earth? 22 So I saw that there is nothing better for people than to be happy in their work. That is our lot in life. And no one can bring us back to see what happens after we die.

4 Again, I observed all the oppression that takes place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, with no one to comfort them. The oppressors have great power, and their victims are helpless. 2 So I concluded that the dead are better off than the living. 3 But most fortunate of all are those who are not yet born. For they have not seen all the evil that is done under the sun.

May GOD bless this day and be in the presence of our president everywhere he goes and in everything he does today. May his mighty hand be upon Donald Trump and inspire and speak through him. May he give him TRUTH and boldness, the heart of a lion, and the PEACE that surpasses all understanding. May he bring Justice to our land and cut down all who do evil in His sight. I pray He places mighty warrior angels all around him and protect him from the slings and[arrows]of the Enemy. No one can fight against GOD and those who try are fools drunk on their own power. God will bring down the lofty, and humble the proud. NO one can stand in his presence and all will bow, willingly or not.

May GOD bless our country and our President and may HE bring him a sweeping victory in November.

Amen.