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There Is an Appointed Time for Everything — Episode 296

Mini Miracles From Minor Moments  ·  with Linda Gullo

Scripture tells us there is an appointed time for everything, and the older I get, the more those words settle into my bones. In Episode 296 of Mini Miracles From Minor Moments, I share what it has felt like to move through season after season — from babies in the house to an empty nest, from boundless energy to a body that asks me to slow down. I think about the 53 years my family has spent in one yard, the pets we have loved and lost, and the keepsakes that once meant everything. This is an episode about change, acceptance, and the quiet plan I believe is at work in every stage of life.

Change shows up in small, ordinary ways. I tried to screw a new garden hose onto the spigot and could not get the old one loose — a tiny moment that reminded me things shift, and we have to adapt right along with them. I talk about how teenagers start out as their own little people, blend together through the junior high years, then slowly find their unique spirit again, and the pull that social media places on that tender process. I look back on the boulders my husband Tony dug up to build a waterfall, the farmland that became our home, and the holidays and gatherings with friends who have since moved away or passed on. Every one of those memories has its own appointed time, and I find real peace in trusting that God designed it that way.

This episode looks ahead too. I share my thoughts on AI — how it is showing up everywhere now, how our children and grandchildren are growing up with it, and how we can learn to tell what is genuine from what is artificial. I even created some music through AI that you will hear on upcoming episodes, and I want you to know my words here are always truly my own. I talk about bridging the wisdom of older generations with the tools of a new one, the gift of a wonderful Mother’s Day spent with family, and the simple choice between an audiobook and a quiet hour with a real book and a cup of tea. My hope is that you walk away asking yourself one gentle question: what time am I in right now?

• Scripture’s reminder that there is an appointed time for everything — and how that truth brings comfort through every season of life.
• The garden hose that would not budge — a small, everyday picture of how things change and ask us to adapt.
• Watching teenagers grow from individuals, into look-alike groups, and back into their own unique spirits — and the pull social media places on that tender process.
• Fifty-three years in one yard — the boulders, the waterfall, the gardens, and the farmland that became a family home.
• The pets, keepsakes, and sentimental treasures we hold dear — and making peace with the truth that their time, too, will pass.
• Learning about AI — what is real, what is artificial, and why our children and grandchildren need to know the difference.
• My art therapy classes returning this June — four-week sessions on Thursday afternoons at one o’clock for teenagers and adults at my Delight in Living office.

A Reflection for You

So I will leave you with the same question I have been sitting with: what time are you in right now? Are you moving into a larger home or downsizing into a smaller one, planning travels, sorting old photos, or learning something brand new? Whatever season you find yourself in, it has been given to you on purpose, and there is grace waiting inside it. Take a quiet moment to name where you are, and trust that the next step forward is already being prepared for you.

Listen, Connect & Support

You can listen to Episode 296, “There Is an Appointed Time for Everything,” and every past episode at lindagullo.com/minimiraclespodcast, or subscribe free through Apple Podcasts so you never miss a week. If you would like to register for my art therapy classes this June, or learn about counseling and life coaching, visit lindagullo.com or email me directly at [email protected]. If this episode brings encouragement to your week, you can support its continued creation at buymeacoffee.com/delightinliving. Kindly share this podcast with someone who may be standing at a crossroads in their own season of life.

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