Saturday, July 31, 2004

And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear; the measure you give will be the measure you get, and still more will be given you.
(Mark 4.24 NRSV)
Time is such a precious commodity in our world. A Pennsylvania consulting firm recently released one of those studies estimating the amount of time the average American will spend doing various things over the course of a lifetime. The results are not encouraging. Consider:

Time spent opening junk mail: 8 months.
Time spent sitting at stoplights: 6 months.
Time spent searching for misplaced objects: 1 year.
Time spent trying to return phone calls: 2 years.
Time spent doing housework: 4 years.
Time spent standing in line: 5 years.

With time such a precious commodity, sometimes the greatest act of Christian charity is the willingness to give someone else your time.

Dear God, may I share my time in charity with those who need it today. Amen.

Ron Newhouse

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