Food For Thought as We Enter The New Year 2014!
It’s interesting, isn’t it …
When we wait for something, or when we are in discomfort, time seems to creep and tick very slowly.
But when we’ve gotten what we’ve wanted, or when we are in happy times, time seems to fly SO fast.
When our children waited for the day to come for us to fly to Hong Kong for our Disneyland trip, every day seemed to go by so slowly.
But when we’ve reached Hong Kong, before we knew it, it’s time to go back home!
Time in itself does not change, but time is indeed relative.
The ‘speed of time’ depends on us, our situations, our own view of life and time itself.
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When it comes to ‘time’, God views things differently.
In God’s eyes, our years on this earth is indeed very short.
To You a thousand years
are like a day that has just gone by.
They are like a few hours of the night.
Psalm 90:4
In God’s eyes, the many decades we all spend on this earth is really ‘nothing’ compared to eternity.
So I guess, the more important question is, how are our short years on this earth spent, in relation to eternity?
What do we do everyday?
We are not mere machines.
We sure are not created that way.
We must have a purpose in everything we do, say and think.
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You turn human beings back to dust.
You say to them, “Return to dust.”
Psalm 90:3
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One day, we will all be dust and dirt. But our soul will return to God, the Creator.
So, now, while we are still given the time to live, what do we do with our time, our brain, our talents?
At the start of this new year, may I share this food for thought?
Let’s purify our thoughts.
Purify our talents.
Purify our time.
This new year, let’s pray for a life more fruitful, more of a blessing to others.
A life that glorifies God.
May God help us all.
Happy New Year!
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[Inspired by Rev. Stephen Tong’s sermon on 1 January 2014]
