Redeeming the Time

Good morning, guys. Three posts in one week! Can you believe it?!

Recently “time” has been on my mind. How fast it goes, how much I waste, how little I feel like I have to get everything done…The thought occurred to me the other day that the Lord does all things well. He’s perfect, and infinite in His wisdom. If He made a day 24 hours, then surely that is the PERFECT amount of time. Who am I to doubt, and complain. I started to search the Scriptures for verses that speak specifically about time, and using it well. I found several verses, and quickly became convicted of how I use the time God’s given me.

God shows us in His Word that there is a time and purpose for everything under the sun. He gives multiple examples of how we should use our tongues, how we should use our hands, how we should share the Gospel, and how to redeem our time.

Recently, I went through my day, and did a “time audit”. I was tired of feeling like I didn’t have enough time to get it all done, and decided that I needed to evaluate where I was spending my time. You’d be surprised how much time I’ve wasted on social media just checking “one thing”. Somehow it always sucks me in, and thirty minutes have blown by. I still have a mountain of work to get done, supper to fix, and laundry to fold. I decided that that was not using my precious time well, and it had to be scaled WAYYYY back. I’ve taken a step back, put down my phone, and my house has never been more thankful. ha!
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that in order to use your time wisely you have to give up social media…not at all! If it isn’t a major drain on your time like it was mine, KEEP IT UP. My advice is to ask the Lord to show you where your time is best spent. That’s what I did, and discovered that I have more time when I give my day over to the Lord.

Life is but a vapor, it appears for a little while, but it vanisheth away. I’m paraphrasing James 4:14, of course, but this verse struck a chord for me. Time is literally slipping away. Our son is 13, and he frequently reminds me that in just a few short months he’ll be 14. Our baby is nearly 8 months old. I don’t want to look back in ten years and realize how distracted I was or how much time I missed with my kids. I want to use every single day that the Lord gives me breath wisely, and redeem my time the way God wants me to.

I’ve been following Melissa over at A Virtuous Woman for a while now, and just recently she shared a bible reading plan on, you guessed it, time. It starts the beginning of September, and I thought I’d share it with you. Please check out her blog, subscribe, and print out the bible reading plan! Let’s do it together!!

As always, thanks so much for taking your precious time to read this, and being such a blessing to me.