When I was a teen, I watched a movie (I can’t remember the name) that used time…..as money. You either earned time through your deeds or you spent it on your wants/needs/desires. People could give you ‘time’….you could share, you could use it wisely, or you could squander it.
When it was gone….your body crumpled.
You know how much time you had. It was not a mystery. You had your own ‘watch’ that showed you how much time you had. You could watch it add/delete the time.
I thought of that movie, as I sat to read my Eternal Encouragement (previously Teach) Magazine. It’s been sitting, looking at me…daring me to open it…..the Spring Theme: TIME FLIES (Tempus Fugit)
Inside, are many different beautiful articles about time….
Your Account is a story about a guy being given $86,400 every day of his life. He had to spend all of it. He could not ‘carry’ any of it over.
The recipient walks through all of things he would do with that money from paying off debt,traveling to helping others. As the story moves forward, you sense a strong need to help the recipient think of great ways to spend that money, not waste a single penny…….and then,something else begins to stir…..you realize that it’s not really about money.
But,I have my Bible and God. He knows the time I have on this earth. He knows the purpose of my life. I have to read his word, pray and submit to him….to know how I should spend the time he has given me:
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you see me with all your heart.” Jer 29:11 13
None of us ever really know how much time we have.
I lost my brother (he was 14) when I was 5. It was a beautiful afternoon,the first day of June in 1977…..we did not know, his time had been spent.
My Mother…2008, left to be with our Heavenly Father. She had been sick for years. The Dr’s constantly ‘guessing’ on how much time. I sat in the room with her….3 days. Praying, reading, crying and laughing.
Those last few moments were beautiful, peaceful…the Spirit of the Lord was there.
Young or Old….our seconds are passing by.
I pray that the seconds and minutes you have spent reading this, encourage you to spend your minutes in the way God has Purposed for YOU!
Each of us different. Some blogging to encourage others, some reading blogs to find encouragement….
Spend your seconds wisely…..they matter!
Lana, Thank you for inviting me to be a ‘guest writer’. I am humbled and honored. I pray that you are blessed…and I know that your readers are blessed by your writing! I can’t wait to spend more time with you!
Rebecca lives in a little town just north of Atlanta, GA. She is a Child of God and is incredibly blessed to be happily married to the man she fell in love with at 17 and is blessed with three amazing children. She moved from point shoes to combat boots…and high heels up the corporate ladder before trading them in to be a Preschool Teacher. Now, she homeschools her three children and blogs over at Mom’s Mustard Seeds.
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