A note on time:
Why should time be spent well? Before we were ever born, the number of our days were known by the Lord. He created time and He placed us in a time frame on this earth.
It is a limitation that I wish I did not have because I so wish to spend extended time with so many people or doing so many things. I never feel that I have "enough" time.
But... God has given me just the right amount of time to do the things that He wants me to do. So... I prayerfully make my plans, but look to Him to direct them and to alter them as necessary. "If it is the Lord's will, then I shall do thus and such" for I am reminded that my life is like a mist that can be gone so quickly. How well I was reminded of that when my husband, Calvin, almost lost his life on the surgical table this spring.
Time is to be well spent as there are tasks that are eternal investments in heaven and there are tasks that are totally self serving and a waste of precious time. The difference is sometimes obvious, and sometimes more difficult to discern.
Time that makes money or gains position may look like a good investment, but that is not the measurement of eternal worth. Time that is spent putting together a puzzle with a child, sewing a costume, or fixing a snack may look like a waste of time, but may gain trust and relationship with that child and have great eternal value.
May the eyes of our heart be open to tell the difference by a God who always has time for us.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Starting to blog
This is the summer of learning technology. I'm wanting to challenge myself, to expand the horizons... thus, a new blog!
The Golden Now is the title of a poem. I like the thought- to live in the "now".
The past holds my memories. It gives me roots and defines who I am in a way, but it cannot be relived and may even need to be put to rest.
The future holds my hopes. It gives me planning space, a place for the "I want to..." ideas and my dreams.
But the golden now is precious and is to be spent well.
Today I'll spend it in the harvest field bringing dinner to my precious husband and daughter.
That is time will spent!
The Golden Now is the title of a poem. I like the thought- to live in the "now".
The past holds my memories. It gives me roots and defines who I am in a way, but it cannot be relived and may even need to be put to rest.
The future holds my hopes. It gives me planning space, a place for the "I want to..." ideas and my dreams.
But the golden now is precious and is to be spent well.
Today I'll spend it in the harvest field bringing dinner to my precious husband and daughter.
That is time will spent!
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