Am I constrained by time or does it provide holistic measure of how well I work within it?  Is it my friend, giving me pointers, reminders and limits while I plod headlong toward eternity?  Is it the door waiting to slam shut upon the enemy, ending his divisive reign on the Earth that was meant for man?  Is time holding back the Lord’s Wrath, tick tocking its way toward the end of patience?  Kindly going second by second to give us the moments necessary to make that choice.  Is time my friend? I think so and remember the preciousness of life is wrapped within those moments and memories we’ve spent together.

When time refused to progress it was offering the chance to accept the Holy Spirit’s provision of patience.  When it sped by forcing me to catch my breath and accelerate, it made me learn, listen, test the air with an acuity of mind.  When it stood still it let me bask in the moments of love, life and the whispered love filled instances that last forever.  When it checked me it made me precise, timely and mature.  When it refused to roll back it provided me the essence of humanity, that each moment is golden and may not be recovered only remembered.  It made me love them more and more as they grew, forcing me to change my tune, learn a new dance, run or fly.  Time was my friend in growth.

Time is now again showing its friendship providing the evidence of imminency.  Whispering to pay the price of awareness, tasting, savoring, utilizing the remaining days, hours, weeks and moments to pour out my love and obedience toward God.  After all, at the end, time will have reached 0 and I will have reached Infinity.  My friend time will have run out and I will live forever, it will have launched me in to my real life.

Will I thank God for time, establishing the boundaries of lifetime, forcing us to reality in approaching death?  Yes, I think there is one more asset for which I must offer God praise.  Thank you Lord for making me mortal, that I might taste the breath, food, love, fear and hope of limited existence and pronounce it “glorious”.  Breathe in the deep cool breaths of winter, remembering its chill as we head to the searing heat of an inescapable summer knowing this too shall pass.  Love God and enjoy Life for Time is jogging beside you reminding you that there has never been much of it left.  In Jesus’ Name I pray that you rejoice in contentment at all that you’ve been given and anticipate with excitement the things yet to come.