Time is a gift
Oh, the things I save….like my old calendars. I imagine that years from now, those calendars, with my daily entries, will trigger memories. But I also saved two calendars that weren’t mine.
They were a 1991 calendar from my mom, and a 2006 calendar from my dad. I can still read their handwriting, as they both had written down special birthdays that would be celebrated. I can imagine they both thought that the year ahead would bring time.
It did not. Cancer and illness defined those years. So, as I hold onto those two final calendars, I also hold onto the last lesson my parents unwittingly taught me: time is a gift. Open each day and treasure it. Just like 2020 vision, may the Lord help us see how to use our time wisely in the year ahead.
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“Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered—how fleeting my life is.” Psalm 39.:4
