TIME

TIME... Really isn't on your side

Consider the following on TIME by Stan Allen

TIME: don't waste it

TIME: it was the best of times
TIME: it was the worst of times
TIME: you can find time, lose time, waste time or make time
TIME: time can be passed, worn, zoned, exposed, tabled, framed, lapsed, capsuled and even honored
TIME: but when you're time is up...
TIME: how to get more time? borrow on time and make payments? it's tough to get a time loan even though there is a time share
TIME: there's a time clock, time lock and time out
TIME: though you can't stop time's forward motion, some think of a time machine, that takes you back in time, and those come with messy time-continuums (whatever they are)
TIME: some say you can squeeze more time in: it's called Overtime: and it comes in time and 1/2 and double time (the latter is time after time, or time and time again)
TIME: there are time savers, people who try to prevent others from killing time, and others who end up with no time, which kind of makes us timeless (or as some would say puts us in a time-warp)
TIME: I hope your paying attention, there will be a test of time, which never seems to have enough time to study for or finish
TIME: You should definitely pay attention to the Signs of the Time by reading the Times or even Time... because time will tell
TIME: and now my time's up... because it really is finite

by Stan Allen

God has much to say to us regarding the TIME, He has given us, which Really is His Gift, consider the following from the Bible:

·        TIME as it refers to “day” (Heb. “yom”)
·        TIME: an appointed time – Eccl 3:1; Dan 2:16
·        TIME: a set appointed time (definite) – Ex 34:18; 1 Sam 13:8; Jer 8:7
·        TIME: a time to come – Ex 13:14; Josh 4:6, 21; 1 Sam 20:12
·        TIME: a set time – Dan 4:16,23,25,32;
·         TIME: a general usage of time – Josh 8:29; Job 39:1-2; Dan 9:21; Ezk 16:8
·        TIME: one time – Gen 18:32; Ex 9:27; Prov 7:12
·        TIME: obscure, hidden time, indefinite – Josh 24:2; Deut 32:7; Prov 8:23;
·        TIME: an occasion, set time, opportunity
·        TIME: The Giver of the Gift - God is Timeless - Psa 90:2; Job 36:26; Rev 1:8;4:8; John 8:58; Gen 1:1; 1 Cor 8:6; Col 1:16; Heb 1:2
·         TIME: Redeem Time, because God Created and Owns Time Psa 77:8; 1 Cor 2:7
·        TIME: Redeem the Time, because the Days are Evil - Eph 5:16
·        TIME: Redeem the Time because You Have Been Redeemed - Col 3:17,23
·        TIME: Redeem the Time, Because Today is the Day of Salvation – 2 Cor 6:2
·        TIME: Redeem the Time Because Life is Short - James 4:14
·        TIME: Redeem the Time Because Man has an Appointed Time - Heb 9:27
·        TIME: Redeem the Time and Make it Count for Eternity -  Mt 25:14-30
·        TIME: Eccles. 3:1-8 There is a TIME for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:

a TIME to be born and a time to die,

a TIME to plant and a TIME to uproot,

a TIME to weep and a TIME to laugh,

a time to mourn and a TIME to dance,

·        TIME: 2 Cor. 6:2 "In the TIME of my favor I heard you,  and in the day of salvation I helped you."  I tell you, now is the TIME of God's favor, now is the day of salvation.

·        TIME is coming when He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." Rev. 21:4 

·        by God

TIME: It's Definition: a period during which an action, process or condition exists
TIME is our most precious commodity
TIME is not limitless (60 seconds every minute, 60 minutes every hour, 24 hours every day, 365.25 days every year) – 2 Pet 3:4

"Show me, O LORD, my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life. You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man's life is but a breath. Selah
Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro: He bustles about, but only in vain; he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it. Psalms 39:4-6

TIME use yours wisely... there's only so much you have.