Some quick thoughts
So it's October already, and I don't know about you, but it felt like September flew by. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad it's October: the semester is half over, college football is in full swing and it's finally cool enough to wear jeans if I so desire. The only thing though is that this last week was insanely crazy for me. I just felt like I was all over the place between tests and work and classes and church stuff; I just felt like I never had any time to just sit back and relax. So you could say that I'm glad that this week is over.
Well now that we're on the topic of time, I was reading The Screwtape Letters (yup, still working on that) and one of the chapters was all about time and how we have come to think that it is somehow ours. Every moment we have is a gift, we have done nothing and can do nothing to earn another minute here on earth. But for some reason we have come to believe that we are entitled to free time and that it is our right to have time to ourselves. One huge evidence of this is the fact that we get angry when we had planned to have time for ourselves and it is unexpectedly filled with something else. I have been guilty of this many times, but there is no need to get angry, because that time is not even ours to begin with.
So what does this mean for me? I guess it changed my thinking about what I do with my time and that being busy isn't a bad thing. As long as I realize that having any time at all is a gift from God and I keep my focus on bringing glory to Him, then there is nothing to complain or get angry about. So even though I am glad that this week is over, I feel like it was a good week and was a very productive one for me. I've found that everything in life is about perspective. If we are focused on God in all things and enjoying the time we have, then the things we have to get done become much more enjoyable. I may still be dead tired when I'm done, but at least I'll find enjoyment in what I have to get done and will be much happier with what I've been able to do with the time that I have been given.
posted by Justin @ 4:38 PM
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last night i read the words "to live is Christ" in philippians. we hear those words all the time, and we studied them on some thursday night sometime. but that's really unbelievable. everything that paul did was because of, and for, christ and the advancement of the gospel. his own enrichment, happiness, entertainment, and even well-being (he wrote that from jail) were irrelevant unless it somehow served to further the message. so i was really challenged by that, along with this post, to use my own time more wisely. i tend to think "i'm at work, so that's my boss's time" and "i'm at home, so that's my family's time" and "i'm reading my bible right now, so this is God's time" and "i'm doing my own thing, so it's my time." when in reality, it's all his. all of it! that's crazy! and all of our lives would be so different if we not only said that, but did that. i can't even imagine what the church would be like.
anyways, good thoughts. glad you're still working on the Screwtape Letters.
ya, it has been crazy, im happy its spring break.
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