Time

I've participated in some lessons about patience today which inevitably leads to the topic of time. Time is a strange thing to think about. We all have the same amount of time each day, though none of us knows how many days we will have. We all spend our time different ways. Notice, we "spend" it...like money. Just as we spend our money on the things important to us, we have to choose how to spend our time. Although that is a selfish way to look at it, and it is selfishness that leads us to want to control "our" time, and the inability to have control over it is what frustrates us into impatience. I freely admit that patience is something I need to practice. Which means I need to learn how to give up that hopeless pursuit of control over that which can't be controlled. And the deeper root of the problem...stop being so self-focused that my timeline is more important than the reality of life going on around me. I'm not saying I shouldn't have goals, plans, etc. I am saying I need to be flexible and calm. Roll with the punches, smile at the divine interruptions, slow down, put people first, devote more thought to enjoying the here and now, less time on worry and planning for the "what's coming up".

And now I am going to do what I will spend a third of my entire life doing...sleeping. Oh I am tired tonight. I wonder why God created us to require rest...and so much rest! A third of every day nearly. The Sabbath doesn't seem like such a strange idea when one considers how God has even programmed rest into every day in the form of sleep. Why not devote one day a week to rest as well?