Someone once told me,
"The best gift you could ever give someone is your time because you're giving them something that you'll never get back."
This is such a great quote one of my best friends shared with me. The past few weeks The Lord has been teaching me how to just sit in his presence with no distractions. The generation we live in today it is not a simple task, we always need our minds occupied with technology. I am one of those people. One who cannot live without my cell phone. Isn't that such a sad statement to make? I feel like I couldn't go driving or go to the store without my cell phone. I would be out of the loop with no technology around me to blend in with the world. I have been asking The Lord to help me with this. I do appreciate technology as it helps me to communicate with others but to be consumed with it and put it first before The Lord is where I want to better prioritize my life! God has been slowly answering my prayers, Three to four months ago The Lord has been revealing the definition of this quote! It finally hit me and I can honestly say I understand it better than I ever have before in my life! I met someone very special to my heart as I visited them in prison a few months ago. To actually go in a room with no cell phone, no paper, no anything except the clothes on my body to sit down for up to three hours talking to someone giving them my time. You start carrying off on a conversation and you're thinking if i only had my phone I could show just about anything with a tap of my finger on a screen bringing up pictures, the internet, games etc…. I honestly did not realize how much my generation is into their technology until that day. I felt a little out of place with nothing in my hands, or having a clock to look at. To keep in touch with someone in prison you have to write each other letters. When i received my first letter I felt like I hit Jack pot! I haven't received a hand written letter in so long! The only mail I get are bills! I feel like people get caught up and forget to appreciate the little things. I know that The Lord put this dear friend in my life at an important time to help teach me in appreciating the little things in life. To actually understand how important time is and it blessed some ones heart. I know my friend truly appreciated it, as we both blessed each others lives and I cherish my time with people more as we may not be promised tomorrow. Who ever would've thought an inmate would help me realize that my time is worth more than anything else in this world. God uses people that we never would think could help change an entire outlook on life. It is safe to say that The Lord is preparing my heart and mind for what is yet to come in the next 11 months!
I know this is all The Lord wants, He wants us and only us giving him our time. I am guilty of saying I am too busy, but God is never too busy for me. God just wants our time! He wants us to sit in his presence and seek Him for direction and help in our lives, if it's going to do missions work, support the missions, work, bills, love, sorrow, He wants us to rely on him for everything. We cannot get caught up with the ways of the world, as it is way too easy to blend right in. We were chosen to stand out and be set apart!
Romans 12:2
" Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."
Matthew 6:33
" But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."
With us giving The Lord our time we can find out who we really are in Him. Learning just how much He really does love our lives and how He will bless us with the desires of our hearts because He cares so very much for His children. He will show us things we may have forgotten about, to build relationships that were not always there, or learning to forgive others just because we gave The Lord our time and with that He is faithful enough to help change our hearts. And all we have to do is give Him our Time.
In Him,
Margaret D. Poch
