Time

          
We see time as and endless commodity, there to use as we see fit.  As we use it we never look into the future thinking about time and how much it can mean to us.  We live as if we have an endless supply of time to use as we see fit.  When in reality time and how much of it we have are not in our control.  We are to use it wisely and live each day as if it is our last.  In doing so this would change the way we live and the way we handle time? 

            I look back at the time I was a child growing up and I don’t remember ever thinking about time and how much of it that I might have.  I was to busy learning about and enjoying my surroundings to think about time and what it really meant to me.  But as time has past and I have seen time get away from other people I realize how very important every minute is.  Watching my mother as she used what little time she had left has left a lasting impression on me.  I realize that at any moment my time can be limited by disease or tragedy. That just because I don’t think about a limit for my time doesn’t mean that it is limitless.  I try to stay very aware of each moment and how very valuable it is. 

            As I face each new day I try to focus on the blessings of life.  I try not to take any of them for granted, not even the littlest things for even they reflect the face of God.  In staying focused on the Heavenly thing I don’t get entangled in the things of the world as easily.  And I don’t take time for granted as much when I am using my time to bask in the creation around me, realizing that God’s art is the most inspiring art of all its in it that I like to spend my time.

            Time marches on and we can not stop it, but we can use it wisely.  If we see it as the blessing it is and cherish it as we should, who knows how much time we may be given to enjoy.  Lord, help me to be a good steward of the time you give me.