TIME KEEPS MOVING

 

LIFE IS JUST A BRIEF MOMENT IN TIME!

ENJOY THE ADVENTURE!

When we were young it appeared as if time would never pass by. You know all the times waiting to grow up, waiting to be independent, waiting to find just that right person. And we would often think why does it take so long?

Then in this we find ourselves grown up, we found the right person (or so we think); I say that because sometimes we are in such a hurry to move on in life and be that independent person, we often make choices in haste and we settle for the wrong person and not waiting on the one God has for us. But there again is us hurrying time.

Then here we are young, married, broke, and waiting on time to catch up with us. Wanting a better job, more money, better car, better home and better furniture. We have grown weary of hand me downs and second hand things. Time barely moves, especially when we decide we want to have children, it's like the clock stopped and just sits there. Will there ever be a time when all the things I want will come into my life?

Then before we realize it here comes the children, the new home, new car, still using hand me downs, but now we call them antiques and thrift store bargains. And time moves on and before we even realize it the children are grown, and married having their own families, homes and watching time pass slowly by.

And then before you know it, you are a grandparent. Oh the love a grandparent for their grandchildren, words can never express the pleasure of every opportunity you get to spend time with them. Why it's like you suddenly turned back time and your children were young again, except now you have become more mellow, and allow them more room to be children, you know, you have really learned to show them grace and mercy because after all you get to send them back home to their parents. So you make sure of these important things:

1. They get to eat all their favorite things, you make sure you buy at the store their favorite junk food.

2. You desire to have many adventures together; for me I would take mine to Dollywood, the zoo, the pool, the lake, the picnics at the park and in the mountains.

3. Oh and sleep overs were the best, watching their movies and playing games.

Can all my friends who are grandparents identify with these times? 

You know when we do even the smallest of these things like buying their favorite foods, it is an expression of our love for them. I thought of my mother today and remembered when her grandchildren were coming she always made a point of having all they liked on hand to eat. She loved them.

When they are young we never consider slowness of time because in reality we don't want to see them grown up and not enjoy these grandparents adventures. Yet, suddenly time speeds up and before we know it they are grown, working, lives of their own, moved away, married with their own children. Now we have become great grandparents and some how even that has changed, we love them, but age has slowed our bodies down and adventures no longer come. 

Where did time go? What kind of legacy will we leave behind? Did we tell them "I love you each day?" 

Suddenly we are young no more and time no longer moves slowly, it's like the clock is racing ahead, and each day we realize that day, that moment will never come again. Did we make the most of the time God has given us? Or did we waste it chasing after the worthless things?

Apart from our salvation and our relationship with Jesus Christ, our families are our best gift from the Creator of Life. Let us never forget to love them even when we discipline them, enjoy them, laugh with them, have fun with them. Because time will pass and we will never have those opportunities again. None of us are perfect parents and I had many personal learning experiences that at times my children were blessed by them and at other times they were hurt by them. Now my grandchildren that's a different story, I am a good Mamaw 😂.

No real reason for this blog, just wanted to say, Time passes quicker than we think; at twenty I never saw myself at forty, and at forty I sure never saw myself at seventy five. But in a twinkling of an eye here we all are at a time and age we never imagined ourselves being. So savor every moment of time you have been given because in just a blink of an eye it will be gone.

Be blessed, may God's favor go before you.