Time

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: 

²     a time to be born and a time to die,
    a time to plant and a time to uproot,
³     a time to kill and a time to heal,
    a time to tear down and a time to build,
⁴     a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,
⁵     a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
    a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
⁶     a time to search and a time to give up,
    a time to keep and a time to throw away,
⁷     a time to tear and a time to mend,
    a time to be silent and a time to speak,
⁸     a time to love and a time to hate,
    a time for war and a time for peace.

24 hours is what everyone of us has to work with regardless of what, where or why we all have the same amount of time in a day.  What varies is the amount of time we have in this life and honestly what we do with that time given us.

Solomon writes and reminds me that their is a time for everything and season for every activity.  Interesting that phrase "season for every activity" refers to every delight, longing, every good pleasure that one would take delight.  I know so often I say to someone or myself well I just ran out of time today.   Is it that I ran out of time or I chose or allowed other things to take priority over what I wanted or needed to do?

My prayer is that today I will take the time to do the things that draw me closer in my walk with Christ and not allow the mundane or mediocre things take precedent.