Who wants more than 24 hours in a day? Anyone? Oh what we could do with just another hour tacked on to the day, I tell you. That's what I've been thinking. What would we do with another hour per day? Would we get that spare closet cleared and cart the contents to the Goodwill? Would we get in an hour of exercise? How about a little "me" time to soak in a hot bubble bath complete with scented candles, instrumental worship music and not a child in sight? Ah, let's soak in the dream, shall we before our bubbles burst from the alarm clock announcing another day.
Oh we try to wish we had more time. We try to juggle things to make more time. We try and pray we had more time from God. And even some of us have dreamed of daily transcontinental flights to the other side of the globe just to gain a few hours of daylight savings time (sadly, this could get old really quick as sleep will catch up to us and we lose the time we gained in the flight). But somehow I've digressed and have possibly wasted your precious time.
We simply have to step back and laugh at our obsession with time. No matter how we wish we had more, we have been given by God the same 24 hours as everyone else. What we do with it is totally up to our discretion. Some people waste it away wishing for more. Others don't sit around wishing. They hit the ground running with their organizing and prioritizing.
So what's their secret? The truth of God's word, that's what. Jesus was having a mountaintop heart-to-heart with a multitude of people when He said to "seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you" (Matthew 6:33). As we first make time for God, He makes time for us. Spending time with the Father allows Him to take back time spent obsessing over things that would otherwise vie for our attention. The desire for more than 24 hours gets replaced with the quality of the moments with which we're blessed to pass on and share with others.
My heartfelt prayer - Dear God, since the very beginning, You created time. Help us to yield our anxieties over why there aren't enough hours in the day and to wisely use the time with which we're blessed. In this we pray - AMEN.
5 comments:
This is beautiful, Doris. I just wanted to tell you how much I've been encouraged by your posts already. Thank you for sharing them with us.
Been thinking about you all a lot lately. Hope you're well. Hugs and love to all of you!!
Oh the obsession with time - I can relate. With 3 little ones and life on the farm, there is never enough!!
I see you will be at She Speaks, me too. Do you sense time slipping away as the 31st approaches? Seems to be happening here. I pray all your prep work goes well,
Blessings,
Jill
Oh the obsession with time - I can relate. With 3 little ones and life on the farm, there is never enough!!
I see you will be at She Speaks, me too. Do you sense time slipping away as the 31st approaches? Seems to be happening here. I pray all your prep work goes well,
Blessings,
Jill
I am so godly proud of you, Doris! I pray that you are blessed and a blessing at the conference this week. God has blessed you with an amazing talent. I love you!
Pam
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