It’s About Time

Time– how can it be the middle of March?

Weren’t we just working on our Christmas lists?

And writing New Year’s resolutions and goals?

The older I get,  I’m more aware of time-  the pace that it moves . . . the amount I’ve been given.

I consider my perspective- the way I keep it . . . or better yet- how it keeps me.

Time can make me anxious–

Because it moves quickly- there is much to do . . . to be . . . to experience- and I want to slow it down or add to it, but I can’t.

Because it passes by-  and with it an opportunity . . . something I wanted or needed to do- but didn’t, and the moment is gone.

But also weary-

Because it creeps- through difficult seasons that just won’t end  . . . or toward those things for which I long but can’t grasp.

I strive to control it with plans . . . calendars . . . to-do lists- but end up frazzled and frustrated-

So I am battling for a reset on this thing called time that I keep or that keeps me.

And I’m looking to God and His Word to right my perspective.

In Ecclesiastes 3, I’m reminded-

“There is a time for everything,” and “God has made everything beautiful in its time.”

Psalm 31:15 assures me,

“My times are in your (God’s) hands.”

I’m adding new Prayer Index Cards to my journal-  Psalm 90:12 and Ephesians 5:15-17, and I’m asking God to help me view time from his perspective and use time for his glory.

This is what I seek to know and do-

I’ll keep you posted here on all that I learn about time!