Time is Ticking

I am reading Mitch Albom's book "the time keeper".  I was intrigued by a question he posed which was basically try to imagine a life without measuring time.  So I asked this same question of my senior highs at prayer breakfast.  We all agreed it would be an enormous challenge because we are reminded of time by clocks on the wall, on our car dash, on signage,  and on our iPhones.   Even at church "we chime the hour"!

My favorite part of Albom's observation is that "man alone measures time".  For instance, birds don't care if they're late, dogs don't check their watches and a deer could care less about his birthday.  Human beings  are the ones living in fear of running out of time.

So we closed our time together at prayer breakfast by taking off our watches, promising not to be burdened by time this day and repeating this variation of scripture

                             This is the day the Lord has made

                              Let us rejoice and be glad in it, and

                              Live every minute!

Seasons of Life

One of the things I like most about living in North Carolina is the changing of seasons.  It seems I am always ready for the next period when it arrives. 

When the leaves begin to turn colors and turn loose, temperatures become much cooler and colder, and daylight savings time ends, we are aware of the passage of Summer to Fall, and soon to be Fall to Winter. I marvel at this glorious display of God as Creator.

While the timing of these occasions are fairly predictable, the seasons of our life are not so scheduled.  I'm talking about the period of time when our cups are full or empty or possibly even broken.  The defining moments in our lives when time seems to stand still, move too fast but inevitably marches on.  This is when the God of Comfort shows up.  In the darkest nights of our souls, the bleak mid-winters of our hearts and the bare brittle bones of our emotions, we find peace and hope in Jesus the Christ.    Regardless what "season" we are living, God is faithful.  And that my friends, is a promise you can count on!