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Time Flies…Does it Really?

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Time flies… everyone says so, but does it really? or is it just us using that phrase as an excuse not to live doing what we should be doing?

Days have always had twenty-four hours; and even now our days really last more because of electricity. We have light even before the sun comes up and light even after the sun goes down.

Our calendars still have twelve pages, and the hours we live are still made of sixty minutes.

We say “time flies…” when?

When we see our children growing older…and we wish we could hold them more, we wish we had played more with them.

We say such phrase, when we see areas of our lives we have been wanting to change and have not done anything practical to bring that change.

When we see our marriage, and wish we had not sleep through so many nights…

We say “times flies…” when we live for the calendar, instead of using the calendar as a tool in our lives.

I wrote about redeeming the time, (in October, 2009), and that day after clicking “publish”, I resolved not to live in a rush, but to live slowly. To purposely live each day of my life for God. And He has helped my heart which is always prone to move, to slow down.

This slowing down for God’s glory means that some changes had to take place… but it has been worth every one of them. I have not heard myself saying, “time flies”…rather, I have found myself saying “I have not made the best use of my time today to glorify God where I am” 



Some changes I have made so far are these…(with some I still struggle…my heart is so quick to move!)

1. Do not say to my children “Hurry Up!”… that is exactly what I do not want them to do, I do not want them to hurry up…

2. Cut off some extra classes…and yes we have survived without them!

3.  If we are going late, I take a deep breath, and remember number one… This particular moment is not the best one to instruct about the importance of being on time.

4.  I use the calendar, but do not let the calendar rule over my life.

5. Being a family of six (Amy, I know that is not a big number to you) and having all sorts of online classes, trips, meetings, friend visiting, etc… I try to remind my children not to live longing for what is yet to come, but to enjoy the day we are living in. This day will never come back again.

6. Make the most of every moment. Do not complain about God’s given plan for you today. Enjoy cooking, enjoy setting a beautiful table, enjoy the conversation after dinner even if that means that your little one will skip a bath that day!  Leave your books  (or computer) on the side as you listen to your husband’s heartbeat. Stay up late on the side of your teen age children’s bed to listen to him. Take time to read a book out loud. Sing. Smile. Be quiet.

7. And this one I am still learning to do…setting aside what I love to do for the sake of the ones I love.
Less time for me, most of the time means, more time to be able to hold my dear ones closer to my heart.

8. Live with the calendar hanging on the wall and a timeline on your classroom wall, but keep in mind that calendars and timelines frame the time in which we are just like vapour… let us live with our eyes set on eternity.

“As adults who have learned the concept of time, timelines, and references to past, present and future, we sometimes need to rather unlearn the natural in order to fully appreciate the supernatural; in this case, eternity.

Jon J. Cardwell

As I wake up every day I remind my soul of this Bible verse:

“This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.”

Psalm 118: 24

I will not let time fly away, I will not let it escape (tempus fugit); I will live it purposely  and wisely for my God.

“Fit me to be totally resigned to the denial of pleasures I desire,
            and to be content to spend my time with Thee.
Fit me to pray with a sense of the joy of divine communion,
            to find all times happy seasons to my soul,
            to see my own nothingness,
            and wonder that I am allowed to serve Thee.”


The Valley of Vision

Great resources that say it better than I:
The Precious Importance of Time (And the Importance of Redeeming it) by Jonathan Edwards.
Time’s Shortness by Thomas Watson (1676)
What is the best way to spend your leisure time? Charles Spurgeon’s response.

“Try to count  blessings instead of minutes”

Ann Voskamp

Related posts from the former blog:
Don’t Rush, Take Time!
Redeeming the Time. 

Thank you, Ivonne, for setting my mind into thinking about this, again!

Words on a Saturday

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Words and words.
Here and there, words in a book, words in a blog.
Words that come and stay; and words that just fly away.
A book full of words here, another one there, and yet one more is coming in the mail.

Words and words. 
Here and there, words in a letter, words sung in a song.
Words that come and fill my day; and words that rob me time from you.
A blog full of words here, another one there, and yet one more is starting today.

Let my words, O Friend, never steal from you, time with the ones you love.
Let my words, O Friend, never rob from you, the time with the One whose Word is faithful and true.
My words always fail, but His Word will always sustain, and it never fails.
I know you not, yet He knows you by name.

Words and Words
Here and there, words in the Gospels, words in the epistles.
Words that come and heal and bring life;
Those Words, my Friend, are the ones you do not want to miss.

What about today?
Have you read the Words, the only words breathed by Him today?
Have you heard His voice in the quiet of the day?
Do not read other words if you have not read His Word first.

Beauty Framed

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This door caught my eye, “who is the woman of the house who put that beautiful yellow wreath on her door?”

I want to meet her, and say, “thank you for making beautiful what otherwise would go unnoticed.”

We frame the life the Lord has chosen for us, with our attitudes; am I going to complain or smile and pick up some yellow wild flowers  and make a wreath to hang on the door?

We don’t choose the frame in which our life happens, that belongs to the Lord, but He demands from us to hang a beautiful attitude on it.

A prayer, a smile, a hug, a kiss.

May you find wild yellow flowers today.

The photo-play prompt was given by my friend Claire

About my Move

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Thank you, dear Friends, for coming to this new place.

It is almost a year since I started this adventure, blogging about my daily life under His sun, and I still remember the day I wrote about rejoicing on our daily tasks, my very first post, and as I look back, I smile and whisper “Thank you, Lord”  He has been teaching me day by day to do that, to rejoice in the ordinary, rejoice in the routine, love the simplicity of a morning breakfast, and the mess while doing a big home school project.

I have learned while journaling about my life, that moments which seem to be simple and insignificant are indeed what make up my whole life, in a moment they have been transformed into the woman that I am now;  I have learned also, that situations in my daily life really matter because it is there where I must fight my sinful flesh.

Grace has sustained me, and I am grateful.

I want to thank each one of you who have been walking along with me. You all are precious friends, and sisters in Christ.

Thank you!

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Now, you might be wondering why I moved my blog from WordPress to Blogger, well the reasons are basically three:
1. Blogger has new and free templates which are wider, and give more room for larger pictures. This I love!
2. Blogger does not have stats. Those stats are so dangerous for my sinful nature! More than once I fell trapped by them!
3. I really, really like the gadget named LinkWithin and I was never able to use it in WordPress. 
What about the Blog at WordPress?
It will remain there; I will be reading it often, after all, that is one of the main reasons I started blogging. But you too are more than welcome to walk through its pages and archives. Ponder through my words but please, keep always in mind that my words may fail, while God’s Word never; it will always be true and firm forever and ever!

Now, I hope you like this new look, and keep following my journey under the sun by His grace.

Note: If you know how to import a blog from WordPress to Blogger, please let me know 🙂 Thank you!