Time is a concept that has really been on my mind a lot lately. With so many deadlines and important dates coming up it is impossible not to think about. And quite frankly, it is a pretty bizarre thing once you actually do stop and think about it.
It is measured by years, months, weeks, days, hours and minutes.
57 minutes until I get to clock out of work…
11 hours until my last assignment of my undergraduate career is due…
10 days until I graduate from Salisbury University…
30 days until I leave for Training Camp in Georgia…
Time is something that we put so much emphasis on making the most of and never wasting. It is something that is too frequently taken for granted. It is something that there never seems to be enough of in the day.
We are told that time changes things; we are told that time heals.
But time is one of those things that you can never know how much you have left of and something that people often run out of.
Time is something that we need to appreciate. We need to thank God everyday for giving us time to spend with our loved ones.
My good friend, Christian Serrano, was killed recently in a car accident in the early hours of April 22nd at the young age of 23. He didn’t know that he was running out of time. He didn’t know that morning when he got out of bed that that was going to be the last time he ever did. I didn’t know that the last time I hung out with him was going to be the last time that I ever got to see him. I took the time that God gave me with him for granted and now he is gone.
Looking back on it, time is something that we can never get back.
Looking forward, my time is something that I desire to fill doing the things that I love with the people that I love. I want to do this in honor of Christian’s life because I believe strongly that he did not die in vain. I want to live out my time in a way that pleases and glorifies God.
I do not know how much time any of us have left on this earth, so I know that time is something that I need to cherish.
Now the thoughts that I can’t seem to shake:
1) Eleven months is a long time.
2) Eighty-Eight days is not.
A lot can and will happen in the 11 months that I am on the World Race which means that I need to make the most out of my next 88 days before I leave the country.
I need to devote my time to all of you. The people who mean the most to me. The people who are taking time out of their lives to read this blog, pray for me, and donate to my trip.
I thank you for your time and I thank God for the time that He has given me with all of you.
I hope that you can find some time in your day to thank God for the incredible gift that our time is. And know that we all can look forward to most incredible time that is yet to come– our time in Heaven with Him.
Happy Monday!
God Bless 🙂
