God’s glory superintends all creation, time, and eternity. His
glory is a hefty thing. That’s why our lives, our time, and eternity matter so
much to us. Like what happens to us once we die. God knows we fret about that.
What would weigh us down should now give us hope through what we read in the Bible
about the house[1] that is prepared for us in
eternity.
But time is an enigma. The older I get the more reminiscent I
become. The more I want to step back in time to reconnect with parts of myself
that I feel could be lost. If I reflect, emotions come in, welcome ones, but
hard at the same time, for they evoke memories that cannot be relived unless in
the mind. They’re untouchable. I cannot go back there.
God understands. He made us.
More practically, time is enigmatic in that our perception of
time affects everything we do and are. I’ve found that there are two time
constants that are beneficial for my focus, and one that leads my focus astray.
I must focus on the day, and the worries of the day only, and, simultaneously,
maintain focus on the vision God has from a long time ago put in my sights.
Those two; right up close, and so far away — years away. The constant of time that
is problematic is the focus on tomorrow, next week, next month, even next year —
because it busies the mind in so much conjecture. And for what? For no accurate
prediction of a result at all. So there are only two time constants that bear
truth: right now and the vision that directs our purpose which drives us in the
present.
None of us can escape eternity. It’s coming at us, as we hurtle
to it.
And it’s not just about our deaths that concerns us about
eternity. It’s everyone else’s death that ensconces us there. We lose a precious
loved one, and immediately we’re invested into where they went, and, because
they cannot return to us, when we can return to them. We’re torn between time
and eternity, because we have loved ones both here and departed. Even as we
arrive in eternity there will be family and friends back in time. Then we will
have to wait for them to return to us.
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We spend our time thinking about the future and we arrive in the
future thinking about the past. We’re constantly fumbling with future and past.
And present is simply habit.
Time is best held in the now, with purpose from vision and a
definite eternal hope driving us.
Eternity overwhelms us if we think about it too much, but
thankfully we have a God who has planned it all before time existed.
The enigma of time and the conundrum of eternity. Neither can we
reconcile. So we give up trying and remain content to simply live while we can
and not fret about what’s coming.
God gives us time to experience life and grow, and He prepares
us an eternal home. Life’s best kept that simple.
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