Countdown to Amberland: A Moment of Your Time

Hours fly
Flowers die.
New days,
New ways,
Pass by.
Love Stays
- - -
Time is
Too Slow for those who Wait,
Too Swift for those who Fear,
Too Long for those who Grieve,
Too Short for those who Rejoice;
But for those who Love,
Time is Not.

 - "Inscription for Katrina's Sundial" by Henry Van Dyke

One of the more mind-boggling parts of an understanding of the nature of God is an understanding of a Being that exists completely outside of Time.

Go watch this video - it will take about 11 minutes, but my post is short this week, so it'll all balance out.

God, being Eternal, sees the fullness of what we experience as Time.  Our perception of Time is limited to one specific: now.  Now is all we have.

But God has forever. 

Being temporal creatures - mortal, often all too aware of the brevity of our duration here - we are immersed in a constant stream of imagery and proverbs that remind us that Time is not ours to control, and that we are powerless to cease its march.

And so we are driven to use each moment to its fullest!  "Time is Money!"  We know that our Time is valuable, and we are so  aware of its value that a lot of us are adamantly opposed to the idea of sacrificing our Time.

And it's not that we won't give up our Time to help those in need - it's just that we want to know when that need will hit so we can put it in the schedule.

But let's be honest - how many of us get upset when church runs long?

What if we started giving God the moment?

What if we all decided to give God right now instead of later?

What if we let go of our schedules just enough that we let God take control?

Will it be different?  Will it be new?  Will it be hectic?

Yes, yes, and yes.

But it will also be awesome, powerful, and endlessly renewing.

This is the first post I've had since I started the blog that didn't make it in before midnight on Wednesday.  God changed my schedule.  It was totally worth a late post.

There are so many things about Christianity that are so simple to say but so difficult to do.  I realize this, and it creates something of a disconnect in my mind.  I can tell you what to do, but I can't even begin to tell you how to do it.  Ask God, He'll help.

Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

- James 4:13-17

Your Time is not yours.  Nothing is yours.  You're only using it.  Giving up everything for God means giving up everything.  It means giving up control, giving up understanding, and giving up what we want.

God only asks for everything.

But isn't trading your Time for His Eternity worth it?

COUNTDOWN TO AMBERLAND UPDATE:

Well...  It's 2 weeks away now, and I'm just about fit to burst with excitement.

I had an interview the other day for a job at Lone Star Comics here in Arlington.  Should know something about that soon, so please be praying for that.

I also have fancy letterheads and business cards now.  If you think your church would like to get a letter from me on my fancy letterhead, shoot me an address.

I'm sure there'd be a lot more things worth saying if it weren't 2:00 AM.