Lately I have been thinking a lot about the concept of time. It can be good or bad, long or short, hindering or freeing. The 24 hour day that man constructed long ago just doesn't seem to be enough anymore. With technology connecting all parts of the world, a days work never really comes to an end. Time has become one continuous cycle of event after event. At least this is how it seems to me.Yet, while time is racing ahead, the Lord continues to slowly mold me into the person He wants me to become. Specifically, He has been showing me the value and importance of continued relationships both here in the US and in Guatemala.
Several weeks ago my car broke down, what in inconvenience! But, during the month that I was car-less, I realized how much I depend on my car and how little I ever depend on others.I will even venture to say that my lack of dependence on the people around me is a direct correlation on my lack of dependence on God. It is a habit that I must break. I must depend on him for the big things and the little things. I also realized that I have been blessed with some fantastic friends who were willing to cart me all around town. The Lord is faithful, and He will continue to teach me lessons for the rest of my life. (Hopefully the next one won't involve my car)
Moving forward with my rant on time, in three short months I will be leaving for Guatemala. Plane tickets are soon to be bought and raising support is always on the agenda. I simply cannot comprehend that this journey that I have been planing for so long is arriving so quickly. I still have so much to do before I step onto a plane, yet I'm so excited that I can barely sit still long enough to even write this. The Lord is calling me away from comfort and into the lives of His children. He is faithful, and I will follow wherever He leads.
All in all, my time may be shrinking but the people that God has placed into my life are precious. I will strive to treat them that way with all the time I have been given.
