Time is Gods gift to us. It was set in motion when God called forth light and divided light from darkness to make day and night. Yes, that was how earthly time begun. There is a great difference between God's time and earth time. Literal reading of the Bible will create much problem if we interprete the creation narrative in Genesis literally in terms of six twenty- four hour days. For instance, how were the first three twenty-four-hour days measured if the sun wasn't made until the forth day? I too believe that God can create the whole thing in a second or much faster than that if He so desire there is no problem with that. But "day" (Hebrew - Yum) does not always refer to clock-time; so it isn't necessarily used here to refer how long God took to have the job done. I think literal reading advocates are not aware of this problem. Well, it is not my intention to create a debate about the creation narrative here but simply to say that time is Gods gift to us and we have to use it well. It has it's beginning and it has it's end in each of us.
My earthly time begun when I was born. From the dark room of my mother's womb to the bright light of my first day on earth. Looking back I could say its wonderful to think that God has set my earthly time ticking like a clock that will go off when its time to wake up to God's time. Death then is waking up to God's time.
Yup it is nice to think that I am not of this world and that I am just passing through and I will soon wake up to His Light of Glory. With these thoughts I realize now that I should have spend my time on earth loving because life is all about love. It is all about relationship and relationship is all about love.
My time is God's gift to me. It is all mine. To spend it with others means sharing a portion of my self to them. Yes sharing my life .....because my time is my life and the time I shared with others , I will never get back. My life ends when my time cease to tick and sad to say it is almost over. It is almost time....to wake up to God's time.
My friend, now I know that the essence of love is not what we think or do or provide for others, but how much we give of ourselves and I often did not understand that. The desired gift of love is not diamonds or roses or chocolates or a beautiful card. It is time. My time given in love.
It is said that we cannot give with out loving, but cannot love without giving. Yes love means giving up...yielding my preference, comfort, goals, security, money, energy, or time to the benefit of someone else ...sacrifice is the essence of love.
Yes my friend, people die. Children grow up. Circumstances change. And I don't know how long I will have the opportunity. And it is almost time....... procrastination is a legitimate response to a trivial task.
