une 4, 2020
Good afternoon,
"But I trust in you, Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”
My times are in your hands;
deliver me from the hands of my enemies,
from those who pursue me.
Let your face shine on your servant;
save me in your unfailing love." Psalm 31:14-16
"Just curious, what is the reason you always take a photo of the time?" . Someone asked me this on Facebook this morning ( I take photos during my morning walk, and I have been including a picture of the time). At first I thought it was about my heart attack in 2007, but I have had the day to think more about it. I began to take a picture of the digital clock at the Memorial Center here in Elmira every morning. People had been saying that at the beginning of the pandemic, they did not know what the date or time was because everything had been turned upside down. Maybe that is why I take the picture of the arena clock, or the town clock or my microwave.
I had my heart attack/event on November 26, 2007. After my recovery, and I was back at work in September 2008, time began to slow down. Weeks took months to finish. If I had an appointment on a Friday, the whole week took forever to pass by. This type of feeling and experience has never left me. I have asked many people about it, and no clear answer has arisen. People have told me to receive it as a gift from God. Unfortunately, I have not been able to do that. What do you think ? Some other people say that I am living in another dimension ( ha ha ).
We do not arrive at eternity after we die, we are already in eternity. Scientists says that time in the molecular world moves at a different rate than time in the world we live in. The scientific laws are different in the world of atoms, protons and muons. Sometimes we ask the question, " What do I do with the time that I have left ?" A very good question, that has a different answer for everybody.
In Psalm 31:15, the Psalmist writes that , " my times are in your ( God's ) hands. " My life is dependant upon God. I do not know what that all means, but I should not worry about it because God is in control. Time in this world, invites me to put my trust in God. I should treat it as gift. I should treat is an opportunity to invite God into every second, minute and hour of my being. I'm trying to just " Let it go " ( from Elsa in Frozen movie )
Prayer
there is a time for everything…
A time to ride bike, and a time to walk
A time to sleep, and a time to awake,
A time to read, and a time to watch T.V.
A time to rest, and a time to run
A time to plant grass and a time to harvest hay.
A time to live in joy, and a time to die in joy.
And..
A time to seek God, and a time to find God…… AMEN
Fred
Tread on bold new paths !
Fireflies flash the direction
Hope springs eternal Monica Pieper Landoni 2020
Fred Redekop
Pastor
Poole Mennonite Church
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