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It Is Written

John Bradshaw

Time Well Spent

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His father was a famous actor, and by the time he was 20, it was clear that he, too, was going to carve out a successful career in show business.

After starring in the musical television program, The Partridge Family, David Cassidy became a global sensation, a teen idol, selling out Madison Square Garden and Ours, playing to crowds of 56, 000 at the Astrodome in Houston.

He sold out Wembley Stadium in England and ignited mass hysteria at many of his shows.

But in spite of his enormous success in television, music, stage shows and more, not everything went perfectly in his life.

He battled alcoholism, faced bankruptcy and died from liver failure in 2017 at the age of 67.

A sad end for a man who was greatly loved, immensely talented and had legions of fans.

According to his daughter, his last words were, so much wasted time.

I can't be sure what David Cassidy was referring to when he said that, but there's no doubt he is not the only person to have felt that way.

Everyone is given the same amount of time.

No matter who you are, every day contains 24 hours.

Life expectancy in the United States is about 78 and a half years.

That's more than 28 and a half thousand days.

In Canada, it's a little less than 82 years—almost 30, 000 days.

And no matter what you're doing, no matter where you are, the clock keeps ticking.

As the Latin phrase states, adapted from a poem written by Virgil just before Jesus was born, Tempus Fugit, time flies.

Which means that right now, you and I are getting older, your next birthday is getting closer, the return of Jesus is getting nearer.

French novelist Victor Hugo said, short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

Every second that ticks away into the past is gone forever.

Charles Darwin wrote, a man who dares to waste 1 hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

According to Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity, which explains how speed affects mass, time, and space, time would slow down if you were to travel at the speed of light, 186, 000 miles a second.

That's fast enough for someone going that fast to circle the globe 7 and a half times in 1 second.

Einstein also theorized that as you get closer to a black hole, the flow of time slows down.

He said that time ticks faster or slower at different elevations on Earth.

Without a standardized system for measuring time, society just wouldn't work.

Generations ago, the rhythms of life were guided by nature.

Farmer Brown rose when the rooster crowed, and once it got dark, the day was essentially done.

There were no time zones in the United States until railroads implemented them in the 1800s to standardize times for train schedules.

Communities used to set their clocks to noon based on when the sun reached the highest position in the sky.

So the time in Washington DC for example would be different to the time in New York City.

The United States today has 6 time zones.

Russia has 11 time zones while China, a little bigger in area than the United States, has just 1.

Your job starts at, let's say, 8am, not whenever you feel like it.

A production line could never work if people rolled in and out of the factory whenever they felt inclined.

You take the 715 bus because that's the 1 that gets you to work on time.

You work back from there to calculate what time you have to get out of bed, what time you have to set your alarm clock.

But how do time and a person's spiritual life intersect in every way and at every moment?

Life is the time you spend on earth between 2 points in time.

Life is that dash you see on gravestones.

The Bible speaks about our time on this earth being only so long.

Psalm 90, For all our days are passed away in thy wrath, We spend our years as a tale that is told.

The days of our years are threescore years and 10, and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow." The Bible writer says our time on earth is limited and then says, "...so teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

It's vital to be cognizant of the very limited amount of time we have on this mortal coil, and to use that time wisely.

So what would your life look like if you gathered up the fragments of time and utilized them for your advantage?

While 1 person is frittering away time on social media, another person is practicing guitar.

After a year or 2 of this, you can expect that 1 person has consumed a whole lot of social media, while the other has learned some pretty decent guitar skills.

Might not yet be a virtuoso, but certainly at the point of competence.

Let's say you have a 45 minute or an hour long commute on the subway every day.

You could play Candy Crush or listen to music.

The average reader can get through a 300-page book in about 8 hours.

That's 4 days commuting in this scenario.

The Bible urges us to make the most of the time we have.

Proverbs 20, 13 says, Do not love sleep lest you come to poverty.

Open your eyes and you will be satisfied with bread.

And it's God saying, use your time wisely.

While you're wasting time, the clock is ticking.

And moments fritted away are time you've traded for little or nothing.

That's not to say a person shouldn't enjoy downtime.

Sometimes that's the very best way to spend your time.

But time is precious and Wasting it can set you back spiritually.

So how can you use the time you have to grow your relationship with God?

A saved person and a lost person both have the same amount of time, but 1 person invests their time in something that matters most, while the other person does not.

So, how do we make sure our lives are time well spent?

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There's work and home life and obligations and responsibilities that occur outside of all of that.

And you've got to take personal time and time for friends and family.

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