Dear Friends,
What time is it? It’s a simple question asked often enough, yet in this clock-studded society, the answer can vary surprisingly. Many people wear watches, but the younger generation keeps track of time on their cell phones. Some of us know exactly what time it is because we have a radio connection to the atomic clock in Fort Collins, Colorado that tracks time to 10 billionths of a second, or an accuracy of 1 second in a million years. An old proverb says that a man with one watch knows what time it is, but a man with two watches is never sure. Just don’t check Salvador Dali’s clocks.
Einstein tells us that time is relative, that the faster one travels, the slower time goes. If you reach the speed of light, time stops completely. Time is the 4th dimension, along with the other 3 spatial dimensions. The Bible says there’s a time for every purpose under heaven (Ecclesiastes 3), but there never seems to be enough of it. Time, like the tide, waits for no one. We all have the same amount of time in a day, but we spend it differently.
So don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Louis Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, and Leonardo da Vinci. The bad news is that time flies, but the good news is you’re the pilot. But time is too slow for those who wait, too long for those who grieve, and too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. The only reason for time, said one wag, is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.
Time heals all wounds, time is money, time is the partner of change. But we still don’t know where all our time goes. We sleep away about one-third of it, and none of us knows how much we have left, but the amount remaining diminishes steadily.
Jesus said, “My time is at hand,” (Matthew 26:18), but he also reminded us that it’s not for us to know the times and seasons which the Father has set (Acts 1). Paul tells us that we should “make the most of our time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:16) The Psalmist says: “My times are in your hand,” (Psalms 31:15) and “I will bless the Lord at all times.” (Psalms 34:1) Peter reminds us that “with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day.” (1 Peter 3:8)
So what time is it? Time for me to wrap this up before I run out of time.
Yours, for all time,
Pastor Bob
