A Time To Weep

I have lived long enough to hear the message of positive thinking repeated through several different messengers. What I have never encountered is them speaking on these verses:
Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4 To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance;

There are times when weeping and mourning are actual medicinal, a healthy thing to do.

Back in the 70's there was a slogan among the multitude of multi level home businesses. It went, "Did you bring your PMA?" PMA stood for Positive Mental Attitude.

It is impossible to be up all the time. While blessings from the LORD come in our grief ad sorrow, disappointment and pain, by and large, it is not a positive experience. Loss means subtraction. When someone we love has failed or has died, it is a time to mourn. Not doing that, remaining up, is not facing reality. It is living in denial whatever the reasons.

The bloom season is coming to an end in my backyard. While we are getting ready for next year, there is a sense in which things are dying, getting dormant and retreating.

To pretend that is not happening, to act like it is spring is to set myself up for disappointment and disillusionment. God has given us a safety net in His Word for this. It is spoken of in these verses in Ecclesiastes.