{"id":266,"date":"2026-01-31T19:45:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T19:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landrevival.itservicetools.com\/?p=266"},"modified":"2026-01-31T19:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T19:47:06","slug":"to-everything-there-is-a-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landrevivalllc.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/to-everything-there-is-a-season\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTo Everything There is a Season\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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You\u2019ve likely heard the saying quoted in the title or you\u2019ve heard a phrase with a similar meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re not sure where the above phrase originated, it comes from Ecclesiastes 3:1. The verse states, \u201cFor everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we\u2019re young, we\u2019re taught numbers, the alphabet, months of the year, days of the week, and the seasons- you know spring, summer, winter, fall. We\u2019re also taught the \u201ctypical\u201d weather conditions of those seasons (which apply more arbitrarily to the southeast). Even though having a \u201ctypical\u201d season is rare, there are still many defining factors of each season that requires preparation in our line of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For instance, winter is typically the hardest months for us to log due to wet conditions mixed with cooler temperatures. Wet soils do not dry as fast in the winter, which makes it harder or impossible for us to remove cedars for logging during those times. We often have to wait longer periods after rainfall before resuming in order to not disrupt the soil- since disrupting the soil is the antithesis of our goal with prairie restoration logging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the summer, the drier, hotter conditions mean that we cannot run the skid steer all day because the machine will begin running too hot. A hot machine can equal a burnt machine. And sometimes even if you stop work early to avoid the machine getting hot, it still happens. Trust us, we sadly know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But there\u2019s other seasonal and timely factors with prairie restoration that have to be considered. For example, there\u2019s better times to spray for invasive species than others. As the second part of Ecclesiastes 3:1 states, there\u2019s \u201ca time for every matter under heaven.\u201d There\u2019s certain applications that need to be done in a timely manner once cedars have been removed from a prairie site. Failure to do so can result in a site not being restored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From a business standpoint, we work with landowners, biologists, and wildlife professionals to implement practices in respect to the best times and seasons. We have had to structure our business to support ourselves in \u201cdown times\u201d and in \u201cgood times.\u201d Occasionally, we have to work within the \u201cseason of the cost-share money contract says a job has to be done by this date.\u201d We\u2019re no stranger to working within the seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the last few years, there have been many times when we have questioned our calling and if we are doing what we\u2019re supposed to be doing. Between burnt machines, broken machines, wet seasons, and some other unforeseen events, we have had our share of struggles. Miraculously (because there\u2019s no other way to explain it), we have always had just what we needed when we needed it. Maybe not always by our definition of when, but we\u2019ll say by God\u2019s definition of when.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been occasions, and certainly since the birth of the twins, where we have said, \u201cthis is JUST a season. We\u2019ll get through it.\u201d We\u2019ve said it as 50% hanging on to faith, and 50% reminder that we\u2019ll get through this one day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, I was reading in Ecclesiastes. When I got to chapter 3, I decided to look up the etymology of season. Almost every time I read the Bible, I look up the definition or etymology of a word. I don\u2019t remember what led up to me looking up \u201cseason,\u201d but I know it was God pulling that string.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the etymology, or history, accourding to etymonline.com of season comes from c. 1300 \u201cseasoun\u201d or \u201cseson\u201d meaning \u201ca period of the year\u201d and also \u201cproper time, suitable occasion.\u201d The Old French definition meant \u201cseason, date; right moment, appropriate time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In those hard moments over the last few years, when I said \u201cthis is just a season,\u201d I have said that with more of a negative connotation, along with anticipation of getting out of the season. Oh boy, has my perspective been wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ecclesiastes 3 continues with the rather popularly quoted, \u201ca time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This chapter does not look at the seasons of our lives as time periods to just \u201cmake it through.\u201d The seasons of our lives are there because they are appropriately placed periods. These seasons, no matter how hard, are the right moments that God is leading us through. Whether that\u2019s to teach us a lesson, to lean on Him more, to give us a break, to wake us up, to test our faith, or to make us slow down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For everything there is the right moment. For everything there is the proper time. For everything there is the suitable occasion. For everything there is the appropriate time. For everything there is a season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a season to mulch. There is a season to spray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a season to log. There is a season to stay off the soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a season to trust God that He will provide enough to make it through the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a season to know that our boys will one day sleep. and we will one day sleep again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a season of making sure that we are doing what God has called us to do and to make sure our hearts are aligned with that calling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless of what defines the season God has put us in, God says that the season is right and appropriate. And whether it\u2019s a time to be born, to die, to break down, to build up, to mourn, to dance, to whatever- there is a time for everything. And in God\u2019s timing, it is the right time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So \u2018tis the season. And though you may not know the reason for the season- we do know that God has called us in it for just the right time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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