“TIME!”

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 447
October 22, 2019///

It seems like just yesterday that the year of 2019 began. Now we are nearing the end of October and the season of holidays and then will be rolling into the year 2020.

May I tell you that 2020 sounds so absurd to me. Where has this year and all the years before that gone.

I look back and see all the Blessings the Lord God Almighty has bestowed upon myself and my family. But I also look back and see missed opportunities and things left undone.

Time is a measurement only used here on earth. There is no time in heaven and therefore when it seems like God is slow in acting on our behalf, that is only because we are looking at time.

God deals in eternity and looks at all things fully and completely. That is why the only true security in this life is in putting our trust totally in Him.

But back to time!

I ask myself what has my motivation been this year?

How many times have I said, I will just do that later and never got it done?

How many times have I told those closest to me how much they mean to me and how much I love them?

Have I done anything toward the direction of the deepest God given desire of my heart!

We can survive each day, or we can thrive each day! It is our choice!

BUT TIME WILL PASS!!

When we spend our hours, days and weeks bearing the fruit of the spirit in our lives and reaching out to those around us, Time Will Pass!

If we spend time in depression and blaming the world and others for all our trouble, Time Will Pass!

When we pray, read the word, join ourselves with other believers, Time Will Pass!

If we never pray, honor God with our presence in church, or study the word, Time Will Pass!

Whether we exercise or not, eat right or wrong, drink, do drugs or other body harming things, Time Will Pass!

We will grow old, some will die, others will be born and all the while, Time Will Pass!

I think you get the message that TIME WILL PASS!

So, I ask you: what are you doing with the hours, days and years of your life that are swiftly passing. To stop time is impossible, but to spend our days helping and encouraging others, teaching our children, praying and learning from the word, will cause the end of our days to be filled with more delight than regrets.

As I think of all the things I would like to accomplish before the end of this 2019 year, I also remind myself that I must take the first step and then the subsequent steps will come one at a time.

However, may I tell you that in Seventy-Five years of walking this Journey of life, I have learned one thing. Serving Jesus and keeping Him first is the most important thing you can do.

Your life cannot begin to take on the wonder God planned without you first taking Jesus as your Savior and walking moment by moment with Him.

You may not have made much money nor be a household name. You may not be seen in a pulpit or on a performance stage. You may not get a trophy or win a competition, but if you have served the Lord God Faithfully and lived your life with character and integrity, you have made an impact on lives and even though you many not realize it you are laying up treasures in heaven!!

James 4:14 (KJV)
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Matthew 6:20-21 (KJV)
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Even the Billy Grahams, Martin Luther Kings, and Mother Teresa’s, pass from this life!

Does your family and those around you rise and call you blessed?

How are you spending your time?
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Father God, maker of the universe, my Abba Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I decree and declare that every person reading this will join me in dedicating ourselves to spend our time in eternally valuable things. Even as we go about our daily chores, jobs, and responsibilities, may we do so with an eternal perspective and in partnership with you, the creator of all that is. Bless each one who reads this with all spiritual and all other Blessings. Amen

Love Jesus and make difference with your time!
Love, MeMaw