Little more than a single breath and four months are whispers in my memory.
Long we prepared for The Race. Letter after letter sent to the four corners
Of the country. The beginning seemed to never approach. Would it ever
Come? Time slowed to a crawl. Launch. Suddenly we were off on the
Adventure of our young lives. A kingdom journey. The one we kept
Dreaming about. 11 months. We had all the Time in the world.
China and we shared God’s merciful love with students. But
Then it was gone. Thailand and we built a home for kids.
Another month and it blew away. Taken like dust on a
Breeze. Cambodia and we taught English. Beautiful
Moments happened. Then it too was gone. Time
Seemed to be accelerating. It was month four
And suddenly the Race had an expiration
Date. Where was the Time going? How
Had I been spending the precious
Moments God was giving me?
Was I taking advantage of
Every gift that God gave
In the package of
Time? Before I
Know it, the
Race will
Be over.
Had
We
Used
Every
Second
To the glory
Of the One who
Gave us the gift of Time?
Or had we spent one too many
Precious moments watching movies?
Or focusing on ourselves and not on the
Beautiful people around us. How easy it has
Become to forget the gift of Time and squander
The Time God has given us. Another breath. Another
Second gone. Had I used it to God’s glory? Had I loved
Anyone? Or was I more concerned with watching the latest
Movie? Or searching the newsfeed of Time not well spent back
Home? Or wallowing in self-pity over lack of wearable clothes? Time
Is a rare gift. 11 months. 11 months and this adventure will be done, a new
Adventure to take its place. No longer living out of a backpack. No longer traipsing
Across the world in search of people to love. Time was unraveling quicker than I would
Ever imagine. How would my life change in view of such an epiphany? Would I turn back to
My book? Back to the unfinished movie? Or would I seek out the adventure God had laid out for the
Day? He gifts us with Time and curses us. For it is in Time we must live and die. It is in Time that we must
Decide how we will live and die. For me, I have decided to live in Christ’s Time. Who’s Time will you live?
