I know many are like me in they set goals. Sometimes they are within reach and other times they don't come to fruition. I am the type that looks forward to things. Things like vacation, a party, a certain workday. When we finally do make it to that vacation it seems to fly by. We never seem to live in the moment, those people like me, we are always "what's next?" This is a HORRIBLE way to live. While it serves me well to reach goals and feel like I've accomplished something good it is not so great when you are looking at life as a whole.
I look into the eyes of my children or in their smile and I see those little babies that I held in my arms. Yet, as I speak to them on the phone or look UP to them I realize they aren't so little anymore! Where did that time go? Wasn't it yesterday that Hunter was afraid of lightening and thunder? Now, he sits on the couch watching t.v. during a storm as if nothing is going on. Wasn't it yesterday that my daughter was riding with me, in my little red car, anywhere and everywhere, to the point we joked her middle name was "go"? Now, she lives in another state with girls from all over the country. I'm so proud of my children. They have grown into caring, giving, people. While there are times I wonder what possessed my children, for the most part they've got it going on. They are enjoying every minute of every day.
So, where am I going with this? Time....at the risk of being trite...it flies. This is nothing new. People have said it since the beginning of time but when you look at it, it is crazy. Like my weight...I know it didn't come on overnight but with the passage of time. The age I am and the wrinkles that I posses didn't arrive during those same ole, same ole days but with that time thing. But when did it happen? I wasn't all of a sudden fat! I wasn't all of a sudden wrinkled! And what has time done to my parents??? When did they get old?
I'm beginning not to like this whole time idea. When looking forward to vacation, I don't like it because it seems so slow. When I'm taking a vacation, I don't like it because it seems so fast. When I look at my parents I want it to slow down. When I think about seeing Taylor I want it to hurry up and get here.
My mother and I were talking Sunday about the second coming of Christ and how prophecy has been fulfilled. I made the statement that her mother thought that Christ would come in her lifetime. My mother has thought that Christ would come in her lifetime. Now that all the prophecy has been fulfilled why wouldn't I or my children not think it would be in our lifetime.(yes, that WAS a double negative in there) Alas the Bible states in Psalm 90:4 "For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night." And then there is 2 Peter 3:8 that says: "But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day." Regardless of whether you are an Old Testament believer or an Old and New Testament believer, you have to agree, time was a crazy thing even centuries ago and the authors knew it. I think I must be in good company.
Hold your children every second you can, or as long as they allow. Relish in your vacation. Enjoy your day at work and the people around you for tomorrow may not be here. Reach for your goals for in them you can bask. Remember the "good ole days" because when you were living them you thought they were the "same ole, same ole".
