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1 | Of Time and Books | Eccl 12:12 | Hank | 21368 | ||
There has been much good discussion of late on the forum about books, discussion triggered by the current rage of the Harry Potter series of books for children. I believe the discussion has been not only good but fruitful as well...... Now, if I may, I'd like to bend your ear for a moment to consider with me a another thought about books that has been uppermost in my mind for several years. It was at about the time I turned 50 that it dawned on me that I was mortal. Time and what I chose to do with it suddenly became important to me, and it seemed good to examine that aspect of my life and to arrange the pecking order of my priorities. There simply wasn't time enough in the day to give full attention to everything that I needed and wanted to do, and that included the time that I had available to me for reading. Upon taking an inventory of my reading habits, I discovered that the time I was giving to reading secular literature was far greater than the time I was giving to reading the Bible. So, since I know no art that is able to invent more time, my course became clear. I had to be frugal with it. That meant that I had to make the conscious, deliberate decision to be stingy with the time I was using up in pursuit of the exquisite, but selfish, pleasure that secular books were giving me and far more generous in the use of my time in reading and studying God's word. That, my friends, was one of the very best decisions of my entire life. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Of Time and Books | Eccl 12:12 | Makarios | 21406 | ||
My dear Hank, Isn't the spiritual journey just amazing to follow? Everything that happens to us happens for a purpose, and I have found it interesting that, when God reminded you of your age, that you began to see the wisdom in knowing that there may be fewer days ahead than there are behind. You handled this wisdom by making the conscious choice to become closer in your relationship to your Creator! Praise the Lord, and may we all be so willing to re-prioritize our lives by realizing the enormity of the God that we serve in relation to our fragile and brief human lifespan. I have no doubt that this "sacrifice" on your part has reaped so many blessings and rewards already, and you have been a most excellent example to someone like me by proving to be a "good steward" of your time, my friend. I have learned, from Godly examples such as yourself, that time is our most precious commodity and that we must use it well, because time waits on nobody, and time will never stop as long as we are here. Thank you for sharing your testimony with us! Blessings to you my fellow heavenly citizen! Nolan |
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3 | Of Time and Books | Eccl 12:12 | Hank | 21425 | ||
Nolan, my heart is warmed by your kind response to my little "meditation" about the time factor in our lives. The unspeakably evil events of 9/11 speak to all of us about the fragility of our lives on this earth, no matter our age. We have no promise that we will ever see again the sunrise we saw this morning, but we who know the Son do have the promise that we will see Him. In the meantime, just for today, we have no reason to waste our precious gift of time in fear or worry and every reason to be a joyful Christian and serve the Lord, because "this is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it." (Psalm 118:24). --Hank | ||||||