Time...

Time is such a precious commodity.

In the last couple of days, there have been moments when time has seemed to slow down, speed up, change swiftly, seemed to be off, seemed out of sync with events in my life.

Time is never what we hope it will be, but it simply is.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

 ¹ There is a time for everything, 
       and a season for every activity under heaven:

 ² a time to be born and a time to die, 
       a time to plant and a time to uproot,

 ³ a time to kill and a time to heal, 
       a time to tear down and a time to build,

 ⁴ a time to weep and a time to laugh, 
       a time to mourn and a time to dance,

 ⁵ a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, 
       a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

 ⁶ a time to search and a time to give up, 
       a time to keep and a time to throw away,

 ⁷ a time to tear and a time to mend, 
       a time to be silent and a time to speak,

 ⁸ a time to love and a time to hate, 
       a time for war and a time for peace.

These words were put to music by The Byrds in the 1960s.  "To everything, turn, turn, turn, there is a season, turn, turn, turn, and a time for every purpose under heaven."

Chronos vs. Kairos - our measured segments of time vs. God's moments, God's time

Living with Kairos is so much harder for me than Chronos.  I'm a planner - I want to get things ready, watch the clock, prepare.  I find it so difficult to sit back, wait and listen.  I want my sense of time to be equal to God's moments - but it seldom is.

Living in the present moment can be painful at times; some moments linger rather than pass quickly by.

Today, I am thankful that I don't always know what's around the corner.  In my life experience I've discovered, though I don't always appreciate, that what is right now is better than what will be, and may also be better than what as already been.  Today I am thankful for those kairotic moments when even for short bit, I "get it."