From Pastor Zeke Page 1 From the Desk of Pastor Zeke “Bald Cheetah’s” “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” -Psalm 90:12 What is the most useful or valuable thing that you have? You might be tempted to respond with something you have that has the biggest cash value. Or, maybe something that carries the most nostalgia. Or, maybe something you worked for years to finally possess. Of course all of those things have value but are any of them the most valuable thing that you have? Pause for a moment. I remember this quote from a movie I watched long ago. It says “time is like a bald cheetah.” I know, I know- that is weird. As I become more “mature” in age, I have come to value the truth in this because time is like a bald cheetah. I have come to believe that one of the most valuable commodities that we have is time. That’s right- time. Have you ever said “I wish I had more time” or “I ran out of time”? It is on the surface a very strange concept to want or need “more time.” We have 7 days a week, 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour, and so on…but there is never an occasion when there is suddenly more time. So what might we be getting at when we talk about needing more time? Sunday, during my sermon, I shared the quote that “procrastination is the thief of time.” This gets, at least partially, at our pickle with time. It is not so much the concept of time as it is the usage of our given time. We are stewards of the 24 hours we receive each day. We choose how it is used. Wisdom, when it come to our time, is knowing how to maximize and prioritize how we use our time. This is a life-long work-in-progress saga. All of us wrestle with how we use our time. I would say, at its core, this is a spiritual dilemma. We live in relationship with a God who, from God’s first creative work, created in a rhythm of time and space. The Jewish and Christian practice of Sabbath is in many ways a work to reestablish a balance of our usage of time. I want to share a few things that have helped me along the way with this concept. - Time is one of the most precious gifts we have so spend it wisely Wesley UMC Newsletter July 2021
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