You have something very valuable. You may wish that you had less of it on your hands–you may wish that you had more.
It is a gift that God is giving to you right now–this very minute. An hour contains sixty of these gifts. Yep, I’m talking about minutes.
Every sixty seconds is a present–some less enjoyable than others; but a present nonetheless. And we are running out of them–day after day.
The scene in Season 8 of Doctor Who (pictured above) reminded me of that fact. The Doctor goes undercover as a caretaker of a school, but a curious schoolgirl finds him coming out of the glowing police box. He tries to get her to scram; but instead, she keeps asking him questions. Finally he tells her that she is “running out of time.”
“Human beings have incredibly short life spans.” He explains. “Frankly you should all be in a permanent state of panic.”
I laughed at this and then sobered. He’s right, I thought. Unlike a time lord that can regenerate, we’ve only got one shot at this life. We’ve got only one quarter to spend on the claw game of life and there is no getting it back when it is spent.
Game Over.
If this is all there is, why shouldn’t we grab every moment for ourselves? It will be gone in a blink (beware weeping angels) 😉
If nothing happens when we die, then why not buy the iPhone 6s even though you are drowning in debt? Why get up at 5:30a.m on Saturday to volunteer with special needs? Why not divorce like Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert if you are unhappy?
Because this is NOT all there is.
There is a life that we can only dream about in heaven and to get there we need to believe that we are not alone. There is someone watching us–just like the Doctor thought. Someone who is brilliant at hiding since the beginning of time.
Don’t worry though. You can find Him if you seek Him. He even sent His Son Jesus to bring you to Him. Step into God’s TARDIS and find hope.
In the”glow”,
~Anna
Drawn To His Light 