A Time
A Time
In the same way that our song, The Kingdom Is Yours, massaged out the ideas in the Beatitudes, so this song explores the well known passage in Ecclesiastes 3.
A TIME
Written by Jacqueline Harris (ASCAP), Terrell Wilson (BMI), Mark Alan Schoolmeesters (BMI)
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VERSE 1
Ab Db Ab
There’s a time for everything under the sun
Ab Fm Eb
From the start of life until life is done
Db Eb Fm
A time for distance, a time for here
Db Eb Ab
A time for joy and a time for tears
VERSE 2
There’s a time for rest and a time for work
A time to listen, a time to learn
A time to fail and a time to try
A time to seek and a time to find
CHORUS
Db Fm Eb
Oh, God is here with you
Db Fm Eb
Oh, and we’re in it too
Db Fm Eb
Oh, when your season comes
Db Eb Ab
Oh, you are not alone
VERSE 3
There’s a time for winter, a time for spring
A time for silence, a time to sing
There’s a time for healing, a time for pain
A time for justice and time for grace
VERSE 4
A D A
There’s a time to be still and a time to play
A F#m E
A time for steady, a time for change
D E F#m
A time for losing, a time to win
D E A
A time for getting back up again
CHORUS
D F#m E
Oh, God is here with you
D F#m E
Oh, and we’re in it too
D F#m E
Oh, when your season comes
D E A
Oh, you are not alone
VERSE 5
There’s a time for everything under the sun
And a place of rest when your time is done
A time for reverence, a time for awe
A time to know and be known by God
A time to know and be known by God
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