Time is such a relative thing! Remember when we were kids & summer felt like it lasted forever? Or how it felt like years between each Christmas? Or how a 15 minute car trip seemed to go on FOREVER? Now that I'm an adult each year seems to fly by faster than the year before!
There are SO MANY things that I'd like to do! I've got dozens of projects waiting for me to get around to them. There are stacks of books that I'd like to read. I'd like to learn a couple more languages... You get the idea! =) I'm sure each of you has a list of "like to's" as well. But the plain & simple fact of the matter is that I have a limited amount of time. There are only 24 hours in every day, only 7 days in each week, and only 52 weeks for each of my 29 years.
It has been a big struggle for me since Shorty & I had our first child to accept the time that has been given to me. My problem is that I want to do what I WANT to do, but what NEEDS to be done keeps getting in the way. Recently I have been convicted that I need to be content with the time that the Lord DOES entrust to me, & make the most of it, rather than wishing for more time.
A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. You return man to dust and say, "Return, O children of man!" For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night. You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning: in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers. For we are brought to an end by your anger; by your wrath we are dismayed. You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh. The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you? So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. Return, O LORD! How long? Have pity on your servants! Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil. Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children. Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!
Psalms 90:1-17
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