Numbers 26:1-2 - After
the plague the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, the
priest, “Take a census of the whole Israelite community by
families—all those twenty years old or more who are able to serve in the army of
Israel.”
I am reading in Numbers
still…a little behind on the blog because I have been visiting my son and his
new family in California for the last 2 weeks. I had underlined the word family
immediately as I read it…so conscious of the importance of that word in my
heart.
I have been blessed
with more than one family. I have my
biological family….my Christian family….2 very close church families…a
wonderful group family called Celebrate Recovery…and since the birth of my
second grandson…a sweet family in California.
As I was pulling up Numbers
26 to pick my verses for the blog today…this verse popped up as the verse of
the day… Psalm 90:2…. “A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has
just gone by, or like a watch in the night.” Oh how my heart felt the meaning
of that like never before. My 2 weeks in California to celebrate my grandson’s
1st Birthday mirrored its importance. My time with that sweet family
in California limited to one visit a year….flew by…seeming like a day or two as
I said goodbye to fly home yesterday.
What a great reminder
of the sober fact that time is fleeting….a mere way to measure earthly minutes
on the land God asks us to serve others to spread the gospel of his saving
grace. I can’t recall all the moments of my 34 years of teaching….the year I
have spent in retirement seems like a moment….the 6 years I have spent without
my sweet husband who died too soon seems like yesterday. But on the other hand…the
one day I have spent away from my son …my grandson…and his sweet family seems
like forever ago.
Family…plus the limited
time God grants us …equals one huge urgency in my soul to make sure I use as
much time as I can to let others around me know how very empowering his love is
when you accept him as your savior. I would be a basket case…every moment …. if
God did not control my time…and how it is used each day.
Father…thank you for
the reminders that time is not guaranteed…and family is important. Forgive me
for the many mistakes I have made using my time…and the many times I have
failed my family with my selfish choices.
Help me to allow you to control my time management…so that I can be the
most useful servant for your kingdom.
Amen.
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