Life is full of paradoxes. Depending on our family situation, holidays like Thanksgiving or Christmas can be a time of joy or agony. The Bible acknowledges that we will experience a diversity of emotions, times, and seasons. There is a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to get and a time to lose, a time to keep silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. (Ecc 3:4,6a,7b,8) As w