As I grow older, I realize the value of time. Other things of value can be replaced, but once time is spent it is gone and we can never get it back. The other reason it is so valuable is that we never know how much time we have left. People who died last night had plans for this morning and people who died this morning had plans for this evening. All of us who have lost loved ones regret that if we had known time was so short, we would have hugged them tighter and told them how much they mean to us one last time.
It is ironic that the biggest complaint of retirees whose children are on their own is the lack of time to get things done. Part of that is;, of course, our bodies have slowed us down so it takes longer to do virtually everything. It also takes us longer to get started on any project. We tell ourselves we still have plenty of time to get it done, but do we?
Have you ever been accused of wasting time on unimportant things. Maybe you have even accused yourself of doing that. I want to share a bit of wisdom I have received from God’s Holy Spirit over the years. Nothing that puts a smile on someone’s face is a waste of time especially if it lights up your smile. No action that benefits another person is ever a waste of time. It is actually those investments of our time that matter most when our journey here comes to an end. Those acts of love and kindness are tucked in our hearts and they, along with our faith, are the only things we can take with us.
Thank God we will have eternity to hug our Christian loved ones again and time will no longer be a concern.