Life seems to be all about time these days. How much time can be used for study, how much for work, etc. The biggest question is, " How early can I get myself out of bed to get quiet time?"
Now, I don't want you to have misconceptions. I am not actually awake when I get out of bed in the morning. It usually takes a cup of coffee and a brisk walk to the barn to get me to a reasonable state of mind. A good rule is to not talk to me until 8:00 am.
You can imagine how hard it is to sit down and read while my mind starts warming up and remembering all of the things I didn't finish the day before. Then I feel like I need to rush around and finish those things before I can properly "start my day". Recently I realized how negative this mentality can be. I can't sit down for half of an hour to spend time with my creator and savior because I didn't finish cleaning my room yesterday? That is a ridiculous excuse. God gives us every second of our days. It is part of my free will to use it wisely and intentionally. I don't know if I can do that if I don't spend some of this time doing the one thing that will last forever. You probably know this already, but my room will be a disaster zone by tomorrow. The dining room floor won't stay swept, my papers will get lost, and the kitchen sink will need to be scrubbed again. But that is just a side effect of living in a fallen world. My time is so much better spent doing something with eternal value. Now that I think about it, maybe getting out of bed earlier is the order of the day. Somehow, half an hour doesn't seem like enough anymore.
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