Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Eternal Minutes


Father,
My days roll together with little to mark them. One rolls swiftly into the other and I lose track. Show me how to make sense of my days.
Only you can give me purpose. Only you can transform each hour into something far more than sixty minutes. Far more than sand dropping through the small aperture of pinched glass. Only you can show me how to make these hours filled with seconds count.
Show me how to pray unceasingly. Show me how to listen expectedly. Teach me to be quick to listen. Slow to speak. Slow to become angry. Show me what it means to truly be kind to someone—far more than simple courtesy.
Father, today help me to understand that eternity begins in the hour I am currently abiding. Enable me to comprehend that I don’t have to wait for eternity—your kingdom is here now. Right now. In each second that ticks past on the clock I am walking out into eternity. Help me to live in such a way that it makes a difference. We keep saying we want to make our lives count for eternity—we can do that if we live right now. In this minute make it count.
Father, remind me that today is made of minutes. Minutes to be spent and used for your glory. Often I waste them because I am perpetually looking toward the next hour or day. Please, Father, show me how to live in the moment—not for Hallmark purposes—but for yours.
Show me how to live the eternity that is mine right now.
Amen

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