Air quality, clouds, time of the day,and season will all contribute to your view. Galen Smith is pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Worthington.Predicting the quality of a sunset at Grand Canyon is as uncertain as predicting the weather. Now, I wonder if I can get my son to spend some quality Father-Son time raking leaves? Then let us take the time to refresh and build those relationships with family, friends, and with our God. We are also called to be aware of God’s presence in our daily activities. Each of the items listed is an emotion or activity common to our lives.Īs we think about the many activities that fill our days, we are invited to recognize and treasure them. The writer of Ecclesiastes famously stated, “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” What follows is a list of contrasting opposites such as a time to plant and a time to reap, or a time to weep and a time to laugh. Which points us to the need to pay attention to how we value our time. Just as those times spent with my Dad scraping and painting or gardening helped build and strengthen our bond, time in spiritual awareness strengthens our bond with God. And gathering for prayer and worship with others becomes less and less frequent. Bible study time becomes an interruption in a busy schedule. Not only due we rush past some of God’s handiwork, we also start skipping time nourishing our spirit. We may also find our spiritual life impacted. The drive to finish this or that project might mean a special moment with family or friends is just an interruption in a busy schedule. We might rush by a flower or scenic vista. We are in such a rush we might not take time to appreciate or notice a sunrise or sunset. This “impatience effect” often impacts other areas of our life. In other words, taking shortcuts often means spending more time rather than less on the project. My experiences have taught me that making sure I have the right tools and supplies, and then spending the time to read instructions, layout, sand, scrape and repair leads to a far better finished job and far fewer mistakes. We have a tendency to either rush the prep or try to skip it altogether. I’ve noticed this is an issue for many others. I want things to happen much faster and the oftentimes tedious prep work just takes too much time. The problem I have to continually battle is my impatience. And of course, since I’m doing most of the work on weekends or evenings, I end up doing some things over and over and over again. So, the prep work involves a whole lot more time than actually doing what I want to accomplish. So, as I was scraping and painting my house this summer, I remembered lots of times spent with my Dad.Īs with so many of those tasks I had to do growing up, it seems I spend a lot of time getting ready to do what I want to accomplish and then a lot of time cleaning up and putting stuff away. Lots of time meant time weeding the garden, time helping scrape and paint the house, or time rebuilding a porch, sidewalk, or some other project. My parents were teachers, which meant lots of time with them in the summer months. WORTHINGTON - I spent part of the summer reliving part of my youth.
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