Time's a wastin'

A lot has happened over the last few days. I've been back to work for 3 days now and it seems as if the holidays and vacation were light years ago. Where does time go? While God is available to everyone and is no respecter of persons, he is a supernatural being. Of all the things in this world, time is the only thing that is equally distributed among everyone. Once it is spent, you can't get it back. Why then do we waste so much time?

For example, I wasted two hours yesterday watching the Biggest Loser. I can't get those hours back (boy do I wish I could). What is the fascination with these reality shows anyway? These shows reaffirm the old adage that "misery loves company". Why else would millions of people sit their fat butts on a sofa and watch these poor people go through hell?

We waste time watching TV, surfing the net, or typing in a blog. At the end of the day, what have we contributed to the world or the lives of those around us by watching Survivor, Big Brother, or Biggest Loser? What else could be done with that time? I thought that when we ditched cable a few months ago, I would have so much more free time. That lasted for about a month. Something else will always fill up that time if you let it.

There are a million things that we fill our time with but not all activities are a waste of time. For example, work provides an opportunity to earn the money needed to meet our basic necessities, church provides a place to worship and refresh, hobbies provide a way to keep us sane. However, how much more value could we provide if we made the most of the time we spent there? I know. That's easier said than done. As I said before, change takes time and I would add... commitment.

As New Year's has come and gone, the vast majority of us have made resolutions to change SOMETHING about ourselves. These resolutions take time and commitment as well to achieve. We vow to lose weight, exercise, volunteer, or whatever but we continue to sit around and waste precious time by doing stupid stuff like watching Biggest Loser or (you fill in the blank.) When did the desire to help die? When did it become acceptable to be selfish? And when did it become OK to be a entitled victim? Why do we not help ourselves by helping others? Family and friends used to take care of each other, yet today, many families don't even talk to each other. Why is that? What kind of idiots have we become?

Time's a wastin' to do something important with your life. Time's a wastin' to speak into the lives of your kids, tell your wife that you love her, or bless someone. Most importantly, if you don't know Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour, then please don't waste another minute! Stop spending your most precious resource frivolously! Stop what you're doing right now and make a difference to or for someone today!

Thaks for reading!

Time's a wastin'!