Ecclesiastes 1 - 8

Most people are familiar with chapter 3 of Ecclesiastes in that it is written in popular song -

'TO every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace." (Old Testament Ecclesiastes 3:1 - 8)

We used to joke in the mission field that this was our "time to refrain from embracing". Though we joked, it was very true. There seems to be an order of things, if followed, will provide great blessings and wisdom in our lives. In a talk on marraige, President Kimball said -

"...One can have all the blessings if he is in control and takes the experiences in proper turn: first some limited social get-acquainted contacts, then his mission, then his courting, then his temple marriage and his schooling and his family, then his life’s work. In any other sequence he could run into difficulty." (Spencer W. Kimball, “The Marriage Decision,” Ensign, Feb. 1975, 2)

Isn't that interesting that the prophet sugggest these experience take place in proper turn.

Turn, turn, turn. Without such, a young man can "run into difficulty".