Time Flies

Read: Psalm 90:10-17

Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. --- Psalm 90:12

The Bible In One Year:
Exodus 25-26
Matthew 20:17-34

Many metaphors are used in literature to describe life's brevity. It is a dream, a swift runner, a mist, a puff of smoke, a shadow, a gesture in the air, a sentence written in the sand, a bird flying in one window of a house and out another. Another symbolic description was suggested by a friend of mine who said that the short dash between the dates of birth and death on tombstones represents the brief span of one's life.

When we were children, time loitered. But as we get closer to the end of our lives, time moves with increasing swiftness, like water swirling down a drain. In childhood we measured our age in small increments. "I'm 6 1/2," we would say, for it seemed to take so long to get older. Now we have no time for such childishness. Who claims to be 60 1/2?

It's good to ponder the brevity of life now and then. Life is too short to treat it carelessly. In Psalm 90, after describing the shortness of life, Moses prayed, "Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom" [v.12].

To make the most of our earthly existence, we must lose ourselves in the will of God [1 Peter 4:2]. This we can do even when time is running out. It's never too late to give ourselves totally to God. --- David Roper

Lord, help us to redeem the time
You give us every day ---
To take each opportunity
To follow and obey. --- Sper

DON'T JUST COUNT YOUR DAYS, MAKE YOUR DAYS COUNT.