Making the Most of Time

We have just passed the summer solstice which marks the beginning of summer and also the longest day of the year. That is, more minutes of "suntime" happened on June 21 than any other day of the year. For months now, each day has seen more daylight than the day before. But now the cycle reverses. Each day we will experience fewer minutes of daylight, a process that will continue until the winter solstice in December. Then the cycle begins again. I suppose the cycle has always, since Creation, been a part of our earthly existence.

Here's my thinking. While the minutes of daylight and darkness alter each day, as the earth tilts in various degrees on its journey around the sun, there are still, according to our measurement of things, sixty seconds in each minute! That hasn't changed. Neither has the fact that time doesn't stand still. When a second or a minute is passed, it can never be re-lived. That's both a sobering and humbling thought. I said in a sermon some weeks ago, that the use of time is like spending money. You can spend it in many ways, the choices are almost unlimited, but you can spend it only once. Once it is spent, there are no do-overs.

Here is a word from Scripture: Be careful how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, for the days are evil (Ephesians 5:15-16). Whether summer, fall, winter or spring, I hope you are having the "time" of your life!

Talk later. LM