When as a child I
slept and wept, Time crept.
When as a youth I
laughed and talked, Time walked.When I became a full grown man,Time ran.
And older as I daily
grew,Time flew.
Soon I shall find in
travelling on,Time gone.
Scientists are capable of making great discoveries, but no
one has come up with a gadget to reverse time. They all emphasize its brevity. It
is a warning for us to make the best use of time we have on earth. I remember
an old song which says, “Time is passing by sinner, time is passing by.” If I
remember correctly it was in a Salvation Army publication called “Revival
Songs” I used to sing it myself.
love Psalm 90 and repeat it often. When I cannot sleep, I
don’t count sheep, I recite psalms that I have committed to memory. Psalm 90 gives
us several pictures of life on earth all emphasizing its brevity. None of my
family lived beyond 80, and here am I in my mid-eighties! Is it true that
saying “The good die young.” And thank God I still have my marbles even if the
power of recall is not as good. We are
to make use of time wisely.
Our mortal bodies are like dust. “You turn men back to dust,
saying ‘Return to dust, O sons of men’” Yes, we cannot deny the fact that our
physical body is of dust and to dust we will return at death. We are like
grass. They are like the new grass of the morning – though in the morning it
springs up new, by evening it is dry and withered’ (vv 5-6) However long we may
live on earth, it comes to an end and we go to meet our Maker. Let us face this
reality and make preparations for that day. Paul counsels us, “Be very careful
then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise making the most of every
opportunity, because the days are evil..” Ephesians 5: 15-16
The New Year lies before us with the pages clean and
unspoiled. Opportunities will come our way. Let us seize them.
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