Time

What is the most valuable thing you have? How do we define what is most important to us? What is the most precious commodity that we can ever own? It's not wealth, it's not health, it's time.

With time, we can bless the world. With time, we can change things for the better. Time heals all wounds. Time is what we need to do the things we want. Time flows throughout our lives. When we regret, we wish we could change time.

Psychologists have said before that it's actually the quantity of the time spent with kids rather than the quality. There is an old saying: "a family that eats together, stays together". The emphasis there isn't the eating, it's the time spent with the ones we love. How do we know when a guy and a girl is a couple? When they spend most of their time with one another. How do people judge what others value? It's by what things they spend the most time on.

Time is a very valuable thing. It is constantly flowing, always forward never backward. We can't buy time nor can we sell it. It's the one thing that's equal for everyone, whether you be the richest person on Earth or the poorest. It's also the one thing that we all seem to lack all the time.

But why do we lack enough time? Did God make it flow too fast? Surely not, for He is perfect. So, why then? Probably it's because we are all distracted.

We are distracted by the things around us. Adverts are always trying to grab our attention. TV shows are planned to keep people glued to the idiot box out of the curiousity of "what happens next". News tell of the worries of the world, keep us distractedly worried. The world throws so many things that we "should do" or is "interesting to try" that we are kept busy by the unimportant.

And of course, there's work. Sometimes, bosses make demands on our time. Sometimes, the job requires long hours. The worse one though, is us spending all our time at work!

Now, there's nothing wrong with working. And hey, if working is what you wanna do with your time, by all means do so! It's just that, many seem to work long hours but claim to want to do other things in their life! If you have other things that is a bigger priority, spend more time on those activities!

The most common excuse I know which people give as to why they don't do what they like/love/want is, "I don't have the time." I say, if you don't have the time, make time! Isn't the thing you love the most important thing? So why should you not be spending the most time doing it?

Most popular answer to that is: not enough money. I need to get cash to live. I believe that God has a purpose for each and everyone of us. He gives us a purpose, and He gives us a passion for that purpose. To know what you are meant to do in life, it's usually what you are most passionate about and what stirs you up the most. And God has promised that when we do as He says, He will in turn take care of us! So, the excuse of needing cash to live is no longer valid. We may not see how our passion will translate into money. The world may say it's not possible. But God says, "all things are possible with me". He has taken care of everything!

Therefore, what are you waiting for? Seek out your passion, spend time doing what's important, not what seems to be important. Learn the truth, claim the promises and the blessings set apart for your life. For at the end of the day, what greater life is there?