What Time Is It?

We are reminded in the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes (which was written by the wisest man who ever lived--King Solomon), that "There's an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on the earth:"--The Message

It's probably been a while since many of us have read from the passage in the third Chapter of the Book of Ecclesiastes, so I would like to share part of that passage with you here:

"There is a time for everything, and a reason 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." Eccl. 3:1-8 (NIV)

To answer our question "What time is it?", I would like to look at the part of the passage which tells us there is a time to speak.

There is a well-known quote of Edmund Burke which states,"All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do (say) nothing." America is often called 'the land of the free', but our freedoms are in danger of being lost if we do not speak up in their defense. The very foundations of our freedoms are in danger of being crumbled by skepticism, secular humanism and post-modernism.

We are admonished by the Psalmist in Ps. 11:1, "If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?" I believe this is a time to speak up in defense of the Judeo-Christian principles upon which this nation was founded. It is my desire that this blog be a voice for the truth, that truth which is rooted and grounded in the Word of God. Of course, I welcome opposing views, because--after all, this is supposed to be a dialogue.

So, what time is it? It's time to speak up for what we hold sacred--our faith and our freedom! Hope to hear from you soon.