Time? What is that?

I can't think of one person that I know that hasn't said these words, " if only there were more hours in a day". One of our biggest challenges is not having enough time to do all that we want and have planned in our minds. For me personally I feel as if some days could use at least 1 or 2 more hours in them, and I know some of you agree!

Hebrews 13:5 says, "Be content with what you have", and I have always thought of that verse as a guidance in my life with material things, but just recently have been applying that verse in the matter of my daily activities. I have decided to approach my daily life being content with what I have. Remembering that the Lord is giving me only so many hours in the day for a reason is a good thing for me. Sometimes we over commit or over do more then we should because we feel this need of have to's in our lives. Why is that?

Time is temporal, that is another hard reality to swallow for some of us. We get so caught up in all the things we wish we had time for or wishing we had more time for things we want to do, that we tend to forget that time is an earthly thing! It could be gone tomorrow, then what? Realizing that I for one need to take a deep breath and accept that there are only so many hours in a day, and really do I need to fill every single one of them, was a huge acceptance for me.

This last weekend I had the incredible opportunity to pray with singer/songwriter Steven Curtis Chapman, yes it was incredible. But in his prayer he said something that struck a huge chord with me, he said "he looks forward everyday to heaven more and more because he knows that there will be no time." Hearing him say that was like a punch in the gut, because it hit me again how temporal this word and feeling of time is. When we get to heaven there will be enough time for everything, time to sit and visit with the ones we have missed and loved, enough time to ask Jesus ALL those questions, and bottom line just enough time.

We have been called to treat others as Jesus would, called to make our homes Heavenly homes, but if we put such a focus on time and how much we have are we really doing that? Would we tell Jesus we only had a 30 minute slot for him if he wanted to spend time with us one day in the flesh? Um NO! We would probably clear our entire week! So why do we limit ourselves and our time to those that love us and want to spend time with us here on earth? This is hard for me because I can be selfish with my time! Often if a friend calls me to do something I say no because I don't feel like giving up my "free" time! Seriously... time to do some soul searching here, would I tell Jesus no? Of course not.

If our homes are constantly stressed and jammed packed with activities and late nights, are we really making our homes a Heavenly home? Don't get me wrong I know some nights are just going to be like that, we have them too. But my point is if it is every single night what are we saying to our precious family and ourselves about our time? Are we carving out solid time for each other or are we "fitting" friends and more importantly our immediate family in? I know Jesus doesn't fit us in and I want to be more like him every day.

So my goal this week, and I would love it if you joined me, is to allow Jesus to show me what he has in store for my temporal time. I so look forward to the day when I can sit in Heaven and not even realize what time is, because there will be no more time... how glorious will that day be.

Ephesians 1:10
"As a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth"