Issue 1236 – Time – August 31, 2023

Time seems to be flying. It’s already the end of August, and the grandchildren will start school next week.

The robins and other birds are beginning to flock up in preparation for their migration south. There was a varied thrush in the yard last night. We typically only see them in the spring and autumn.

The fruit trees are heavily laden, and you can see windfall apples wherever there are trees. The yellow jackets are getting aggressive and swarm around anything resembling food, making barbeques and picnics a bit more challenging. We are starting to see the early turning leaves on some trees.

School supplies have been in the store for weeks now, and I suspect the Halloween stuff will be out any day if it isn’t already. Good luck if you need to replace a piece of summer clothing. Heavy jackets, anyone?

Time passes. It is a simple fact of this life. Sometimes, it seems to race by, and others, it creeps ever so slowly, but the clock just keeps ticking. I saw a photo of a child I saw recently as a newborn; she just turned 10! How is that even possible?

Time is a priceless commodity, which means that over the years, I have squandered great wealth by unwise use of it.

We are given a very few days to live this life, and none know how many except the Lord (and He isn’t telling).

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. James 4:13-14

Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man! What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Psalm 89-47-48

All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever. And this word is the good news that was preached to you. 1 Peter 1:24-25

God has given us days to work and days to rest. He gives us seasons of great energy in our youth and seasons of less ability in our more senior years.

The Lord has given us two incredible gifts. He has given us life itself and the opportunity to glorify God in that life.

Make the most of it.

Be blessed

Hallelu Yah / Praise God 

Kevin

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Soli Deo Gloria (For the glory of God alone)

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