Springing Forward to a New Day

I don't know about you, but there is only one part of daylight savings time I like.  I like fall forward and would be very happy for it to happen twice a year instead of having to endure spring back.  Though I know it is only one hour, it does seem to make a difference in the morning.  Last night, I must admit, my wife and I stayed up to late, 12:15.  As we began the ritual of preparing to go to sleep, it dawned on me that in reality I was going to bed at 1:15 and that I wouldn't even be able to get eight hours of sleep and make it to Sunday school.

Needless to say when 7:30 came around and my phone attempted to blare us awake, it met the swift finger of silence and nary a move did we make.  My wife was the first one to rise out of bed and by the time she got moving and looked at the clock it was 8:50.  Our Sunday school starts at 9:30 and we are not great at being ready in 30 minutes so we showed up about 15 minutes late.  I have to admit that i am proud that we still went, which speaks to how much we enjoy the class, because I am not typically fond of walking into a class late.

Even being 15 minutes late, we both enjoyed a wonderful lesson and time of fellowship in our Sunday school class.  I am so grateful for men and women of God who truly want to dive into and drink deeply of the Bible.  I am thankful that they welcome even the late comers to the class with graciousness and friendliness.  The sermon was also incredibly wonderful, biblically focused, and convicting.  I praise God for leaders in the church who are not afraid to speak the gospel boldly each week.  It has been so wonderful to get to know a group of people around our age in the new church we are attending.  My wife and I have needed a church like this for quite a while and we are so thankful we have finally found it.

After church was over we went out to Frisch's Big Boy, to enjoy the breakfast buffet that my wife has been craving.  While there, we ran into some members of the first church we attended in the area.  It was so wonderful to see them and catch up with them.  Though this church did not meet our needs for couples in our age and life stage at the time, we have many fond memories of being mentored and loved on by the older congregation who are faithful men and women of God.  God has blessed us, taught us, and grown us in a different and special way at each church we have attended since we have been married.

In the rest of my day, I took a nap that was too long, went to church, rented the movie In Time, and watched the tv show Once Upon A Time.  My whole day's focus has involved time or, more accurately, the lack of it.  Each day is an opportunity to spend your time wisely.  Solomon says this in Ecclesiastes 3:1-8,

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:

 a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
 a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
 a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
 a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
 a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.

How will you spend your time today?  I most certainly have learned a lot about time today and intend to begin using my time more wisely.


Blessings,

Greg

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