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Kenny Chesney has a great country song titled “Don’t
Blink” about the fleeting passage of time, e.g., you go to sleep one
day and you wake up married to your childhood sweetheart! Of course, time does seem to fly by faster
when we’re enjoying ourselves instead of burning daylight in distasteful
activities like going to the dentist. If you Google “fleeting time”
you’ll find many quotes on the subject. And those observations cast a
wide net over time and humanity. You have to believe that every human
being that ever drew a breath on this planet has easily experienced fleeting
time, especially since modern man invented the clock. But even earlier in
time man watched the years, seasons and days slip by without ceasing.
Only our creator has been recognized as being timeless,
while we mortal beings with frontal lobes in our brains understand that our
beginnings have endings that arrive all too soon. Our pets wake up
each morning living constantly in the present moment without the concern for
endings. We could all take that lesson from them, understanding that
mortal life does have a stop date, but Jesus has left us with the
promise to be with us always and he has prepared a forever spiritual life
for us after this mortal life.
All of the miraculous wonders of another spring season burst
into our lives every year to remind us of the hope for a meaningful life
and the hope of rebirth available to all creation, because of the
cross and resurrection that occurred one spring season over two thousand
years ago.
We need to make peace with the passing of time and
embrace each waking moment we have without knowing exactly how much sand is
left in the hourglass. I do recognize that I have more days behind
me than I have ahead of me. Using
our time wisely and intentionally also includes wasting some of it to recharge
and refresh. If we can learn from the past and plan for the
future, our present moments can be filled with gratitude, fearless
hope, healthy relationships and new possibilities.
So, don’t blink! And
we will rest in peace.
