“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle”- Job 7:6
This is the time of the year when we have two things on our mind — reflection and resolutions. And age has a way of making us view life very differently. For those in their youth time seems to crawl. They can’t wait until they get old enough to fulfill some age dependent desire. But for us older folks time seems to fly. Having the advantage of past experiences we look back and wonder where time has gone. But we are at a disadvantage when it comes to time remaining. While the kiddos are at the sunrise of life we are nearing the sunset, and time is passing rapidly – whether we like it or not.
Someone said, “Scientific measurements indicate that we are moving even when we are standing still. Continental land masses sit on enormous slabs of rock that slide very slowly at the rate of 1 to 8 inches per year. In addition, America is gradually moving westward, away from Europe, at the rate of 3 inches per year. Consider this: our Milky Way galaxy is hurtling through space at 375 miles per second or 1.3 million miles per hour. And within our own galaxy, the sun and its solar system are zooming along at 12.4 miles per second toward the star Vega in the constellation Lyra.”
So contrary to the way you feel everything is moving and your life is passing. As we move closer and closer to the end let us remember that we are moving from time to eternity, toward an appointment with God, the time of which is known only to God. Let us then resolve to make the best possible use of the time we have left. Are you ready to meet Him? – HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
