Do I Move the Clock Forward or Backward One Hour?

 

                I can hardly believe it. Here we are at the middle of March.   That means that two and half months has already passed by in this year.   Where does the time go?

            When I was young, it seems the longest time to special events like my birthday… Christmas… and summer vacation from school.  Now, it seems that time really does fly quickly.   I am reminded of these words from Psalm 90:

    
¹⁰ Our days may come to seventy years,
    or eighty, if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,
    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
¹¹ If only we knew the power of your anger!
    Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.
¹² Teach us to number our days,
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom

The shortness of life and the swiftness of time nudge  us to revere the gift of time.  The future is not guaranteed.  We are not promised a certain number of years of life just as we are not promised great health.   While God promises He will never leave us or forsake us,  he never promises how long will be the life we have.  Each of us in this year of 2022 can perhaps bring to mind a friend, family member, or acquaintance who made the transition in 2021 from this life to the life to come.   That painful truth beckons us not just to remember them, but to  remember the sacredness of the life we have.  As this year of  2022 moves on, may God “teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”  Have a joy-filled week and month of March.-  Pastor Randy Wall 

PRAYER

            O God, thank you for the gift of today and my life.  Give us wisdom to live it fully in the love, knowledge, and service of Christ Jesus our Lord.   Amen.