Time and the Christian

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Time and the Christian

Much has been written on the subject. I can remember when I was in the military attempting to scurry around and do all the "mission essential" items on my daily list to accomplish.

I can remember when one of my superiors said to me, "Knox, there is a time management seminar that is being conducted next week and I hear it is a pretty good three-day workshop."

I replied, "Sir I just don't have the time to go."

He smiled and said, "I rest my case, but be there at 0800 hours Monday morning!"

Back during the good ole "black and white TV" days there was a weekly science program where true scientific laws of the universe were discussed. I remember one program where they had somehow theorized that the whole universe expands and contracts. They went about explaining how this happened. The theory was that when the universe "expanded," time did also and when it "contracted," time did the same.

Our daughter just came home for a visit from Enid, Okla., where her husband Jeremy is training to be an Air Force pilot. Her visit seemed to go so quickly that it seemed to only be two days long yet it involved a seven-day visit including a trip to the mountains, her birthday dinner with presents, and a church service over the weekend, several meals out, and several long projects around the home.

Many songs have been written about time. One of my all time favorites is a Willie Nelson tune where it begins with "Oh hello there, it's been a long long time; how's your new love, yes, I hear he's doing fine; yes, it's funny how time slips away."

As I have passed 29, I have realized that it does fly for sure. If you don't believe this, think