Time is something that has been on my mind a lot lately.
Recently our dog died. My wife had surgery to repair a tendon after falling in a hole three months ago. During both of these events the clock kept spinning. It is funny because even as I type these words on Blogger I pause to reflect on the words I've just typed. There isn't a pause button for me to hit so the clock continues to spin and that spinning isn't felt by you the reader unless I mention it here on the pages of my blog. My point? What is my point? You must take it on faith that there is feeling in each and every word I put on this page. Some words are more painful and difficult to type than others. As you read this (I hope you read to the end) you will be bringing your own thoughts and experiences to this blog. Maybe you have had similar experiences and if you have had some degree of those experiences I hope this blog gives you comfort in your time of grief and sadness.
Time. What is it?
The first view of Time: It is a fixed point or series of points that have been going on for centuries (some faith is involved here because no one I know or have even heard of on earth today was there when the first second, minute, or hour passed by on the clock). The beginning and end are unclear and what you choose to do as the clock spins may or may not have any significant value for anyone other than you.
The second view of Time: It was constructed by the God of the Bible. Realizing that maybe you haven't read the Bible or been given the Biblical view of God I will pause here and explain how God reveals himself in the Bible. God is a Trinity. God has three unique and separate persons in the same being. God is Father, Son / Jesus, and Holy Spirit. God and all that he is and does will fill more space than Blogger would allow me to use and wouldn't do accurate justice to who the person of God is. Please leave a comment if you would like to talk further about God and the personhood/personal God is. References to God creating time are found in Genesis and the Acts of the Apostles:
So with that brief description of time, why is it important to talk or think about time, especially if your mind is made up about time? It is that very question that drove me out of blogging stagnation and inactivity.
Everyone who reads this text has something in common. We (me included) is destined to leave planet earth. Mom if your reading this please excuse for my bluntness but we will all die.
Okay, so I've reached common ground with the human race. We will all die, and where I needed to or not I've included a verse from the Bible to prove that I agree with the Bible here too.
At this point I'm going to break. This is Part I of "Time Travel: What is Your Target".
Please come back for Part II of "Time Travel: What is Your Target. In the second part of this blog we leave our commonalities behind us and we make choices. Choices of how we will spend our ride here on planet earth watching the clock spin.
Recently our dog died. My wife had surgery to repair a tendon after falling in a hole three months ago. During both of these events the clock kept spinning. It is funny because even as I type these words on Blogger I pause to reflect on the words I've just typed. There isn't a pause button for me to hit so the clock continues to spin and that spinning isn't felt by you the reader unless I mention it here on the pages of my blog. My point? What is my point? You must take it on faith that there is feeling in each and every word I put on this page. Some words are more painful and difficult to type than others. As you read this (I hope you read to the end) you will be bringing your own thoughts and experiences to this blog. Maybe you have had similar experiences and if you have had some degree of those experiences I hope this blog gives you comfort in your time of grief and sadness.
Time. What is it?
The first view of Time: It is a fixed point or series of points that have been going on for centuries (some faith is involved here because no one I know or have even heard of on earth today was there when the first second, minute, or hour passed by on the clock). The beginning and end are unclear and what you choose to do as the clock spins may or may not have any significant value for anyone other than you.
The second view of Time: It was constructed by the God of the Bible. Realizing that maybe you haven't read the Bible or been given the Biblical view of God I will pause here and explain how God reveals himself in the Bible. God is a Trinity. God has three unique and separate persons in the same being. God is Father, Son / Jesus, and Holy Spirit. God and all that he is and does will fill more space than Blogger would allow me to use and wouldn't do accurate justice to who the person of God is. Please leave a comment if you would like to talk further about God and the personhood/personal God is. References to God creating time are found in Genesis and the Acts of the Apostles:
- Genesis 1:5: “God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.”
- Acts 1:7: “He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.”
So with that brief description of time, why is it important to talk or think about time, especially if your mind is made up about time? It is that very question that drove me out of blogging stagnation and inactivity.
Everyone who reads this text has something in common. We (me included) is destined to leave planet earth. Mom if your reading this please excuse for my bluntness but we will all die.
- Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 “1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;”
Okay, so I've reached common ground with the human race. We will all die, and where I needed to or not I've included a verse from the Bible to prove that I agree with the Bible here too.
At this point I'm going to break. This is Part I of "Time Travel: What is Your Target".
Please come back for Part II of "Time Travel: What is Your Target. In the second part of this blog we leave our commonalities behind us and we make choices. Choices of how we will spend our ride here on planet earth watching the clock spin.
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