My mom celebrated a birthday during what was then just social distancing, when my sister went to her house to drop off a gift, my mom remarked about being old. My sister reminded her that she was not old, and had much life left to live. My mom said, you don't understand time is moving so quickly. That right there.....we've all said it. Time is moving so quickly. We know scientifically that time is moving at the same speed and rate as it did when time began. But yet we feel as we age it speeds up.
When talking to my 18 year old about this, he said it's not really time we feel but the emotion or anticipation of what's next. He said a day in the life of a newborn seems endless, but someone in their 60's feel as if life is flying by and ultimately the end of life, death.
If there was ever a perfect time to study "time" it is now. We have been told to stop our normal routine and stay home. For many this drastic turn of events has them feeling uneasy and out of sorts. But what if we choose to look at it as a gift. A gift of reflection. A gift of seeking. A gift of quietness. A gift of self revelation. A gift of peace. God tells us to "be still and know that I am God." But I know in my life I do not always choose to be still, and often I run so hard I find myself wondering what I did with God. I can remember stating every year for the past few, that the fig tree in our backyard got its leaves overnight. One day its bare and the next its covered. What to know something? Even though I take my coffee to the backyard everyday, even before lockdown, I still believed (figuratively) that fig tree got its leaves overnight. Not until I was handed this gift of time, a gift I did not want to see go to waste, did I see that in actuality the leaves appear very slowly over many, many days.
Maybe it seems silly to you, but sometimes even though we think we are taking time to seek God, we are still rushing through it, checking our "God time" off the list and then running at full speed through the rest of our day. That leads us to feeling overwhelmed and exhausted at the end of the day, week, year, life. Instead He asked us to be still with Him. It doesn't say for just a few minutes in the morning, so let's assume it means multiple times throughout the day. Let's assume He wants to be the one we run to with every good and bad thing that happens in our busy day. What if we truly kept Him at the center of all we do and fill our time with. Can you imagine how you might feel at the end of the day? Full of peace and contentment. Feeling able and equipped to take on whatever the next day holds.
Take this time we've been giving to seek Him and His will for you. He loves you and has designed a perfect plan for your life. Take His hand and follow Him into the greatest journey of your life.
If you don't know Him as your Savior, today is the perfect day to change that. For today we celebrate His resurrection. He died for you and it is because He lives that we can have life forever. life with Jesus far surpasses anything you could dream for yourself. If you don't know my Savior let me introduce you and through a simple prayer He can be your Savior too.
Dear Lord,
On this Easter Sunday I am tired of running to the end of life with no purpose. I am ashamed of the things I allow to take ownership of my life and I desire to change all of that. I thank you for dying on the cross and taking on my debt of sin. Please come into my life and be my Savior. I give you control and rejoice in the journey ahead. Thank you Jesus, Amen
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