October 9, 2024
Welcome to “I See You, and I Know” Blog.
We invite you to come along as we journey through scriptures and just everyday life. Prayerfully, these posts will be a source of encouragement and an inspiration for you. Let’s begin.
“TIME” - seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, decades. What does it all mean? “TIME” – It means G-d made time for us. Time is precious. The older I get, I realize the time that is given to us is so valuable. We make choices every day and whatever choices we make, TIME will be involved. Think about it. Right now, as you read this post, the clock is ticking.
We read in Ecclesiastes 3:1 “To everything there is a season. A time for every purpose under heaven” (I encourage you to read verses 1-8 when you have time). TIME takes on different meanings all through our lives. Time for school. Time for work. Time for church. Time for family. Time for vacation. Time for rest. Then there are times when we have to say goodbye to a loved one or a friend.
Recently, I developed a cold that turned into an upper respiratory virus. My daughter pleaded with me to go to the doctor early on so the medicine could get rid of cold. I had sinus medicine and just used what I had. For that week, time seemed to slow down and every minute felt like it was stretching the minutes into hours. I was miserable!
Night time was the worst. The pain in my face felt like it magnified to a level where I was crying, pacing back and forth from room to room. My husband is loving and caring and did all he could to console me but when you are in desperation mode, nothing seems to soothe. I had to get a grip! When we have trouble, circumstances that we cannot turn around, situations that have no answers, sickness and pain that won’t go away – there is only one person that will hear us and rescue us. That name is Jesus!
“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”
Isaiah 53:5
I got myself together and called on the name of Jesus and asked Him to please take the pain away. For me, time stopped in that moment as I was praying. It was as if a shadow of sleep feel upon me and before I knew it, I was fast asleep.
“Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.” Isaiah 65:24
How much time lapse between those few minutes – not much, but it felt like an hour! The time that we have and whatever we face, we don’t have to face it alone. G-d is there at our beacon call. The time spent using medicine that I used before did not work. After a few days, my husband made the doctor appointment. Meds were changed and after a few hours of consuming, I started feeling a little relief. At that point, I began to count all the time that I missed from working and doing the things I love to do only to be put on hold. In my prayer time, I ask G-d was this time to slow me down? What was the lesson I had to learn?
G-d sees us when we become overwhelmed under our own hands. We place overdue burdens on ourselves and don’t consult our time, our family or even G-d. We can be doing a good service but if it crowds out beyond our time to get important things done, we can harm ourselves from rest, sleep and not taking the time to reflect. Yes, G-d sees and knows and when you have no choice and forced to rest, you have time to think and readjust your life. One thing I know, G-d loves for us to come away and spend time with Him. He doesn’t like to share us with the things of the world (i.e., television, shopping, video games, online shopping) just to name a few.
I love this scripture in Lamentations 3:22-24 – “Through the L-RD’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. “The L-RD is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!”
G-d is faithful in that he gives us “new mercies” every morning. Grace for us to start anew, afresh. We have the chance and opportunity to get it right again. More TIME.
Two more scriptures come to mind as an encouragement for you.
· “Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.” (Psalm 30:5b)
· “When I awake, I am still with You.” (Psalm 139:18b)
Let me encourage you - If you haven’t been treasuring your time or managing your time, it’s not too late! You can start today by being intentional about the time you have each day. Keeping a list handy will help you manage and will keep you organize as you seek to accomplish the things G-d has carved out for you. Each day is a “blessing” and “gift” for us to start all over again to continue or finish tasks that was started the day, week, month or year before.
There are many scripture verses in both the Old and New Testaments that speak about time. Here are a few for your journal.
· Ecclesiastes 3:11 Proverbs 16:9 Mark 13:32-33
· Psalm 31:15 ` Proverbs 21:5 John 9:4
· Psalm 90:12 Proverbs 27:1 2 Corinthians 6:2
Remember, G-d Sees and Knows how we use our TIME. Let’s use it wisely.
Be encouraged and start today!
Blessings always –
Sheila
This is such a reminder of God’s promises!
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Thank you for sharing your experience! I'm so glad you're feeling better. I can learn a lot from this blog, thank you for the examples of what happens if I allow myself to get caught up in the web of life. I will jot down these scriptures and let these be my go-to when I need a reminder of the time I've been given and to begin using it wisely. Signed Slow-down-Sharon