Everything has its time Riélle Heine There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens … He has made everything beautiful in its time. Ecclesiastes 3:1,11a The concept of time always crops up somewhere in our daily conversations. What is shocking is that it is mostly mentioned in a negative context. Something along the line of Im so busy, I did not have time or Everything is so rushed or Look how the time has flown! Time, which was intended as a gift from God, has become our boss. Instead of being in control of our time, it feels as if time is a skateboard under our feet that we’re desperately clinging to, trying to stay on top! Many things we plan down to the last detail, but when it comes to time, we carry on indifferently. Too often we think like this about time: Everything can wait until later, Everything in this world can be postponed - until I feel like doing it - until I feel better - until my children are older, or out of the house - until I’ve worried myself sick about it ... until its too late. Maybe there’s a letter, an email, a phone call or a visit you’ve been putting off for weeks - maybe now is the time to do it. Maybe today is the time to encourage, to forgive, to speak or to remain silent. Perhaps the time has now come to go back and make amends. The other day I found this English poem tucked away between some cards I had stashed away (I wish I knew who the author was): When I have time there is a poem to be written, a song to be sung When I have time there is a child to be led a prayer to be said. When I have time I’ll tell you a story, I’ll visit a friend. Alas, time is gone – The poem’s unwritten, The song unsung The child is a man grown up unled The prayer, ah! the prayer, it went unsaid. The story is ended. Prayer: Lord, let me realise anew each day that time is a great gift from you. Help me not to postpone things. Help me to plan my time, to grab hold of the hours and use them. Amen
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 13:33:18 +0000
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