SPLASHES OF…HOPE! 31st MAY 2013
Can you believe it, dear Sister Soldiers, it’s that time again? Yes, another week seems to have “taken wings and flown” by!! I guess it must be true that “TIME waits for no man”!! I’m sure you agree, because, just as we have this expression, there are many more. We often say, or hear it said, that “I ran out of time” or “time ran out on me” and “I lost track of time”, so it would seem that time is in fact a precious and important factor in our lives. There’s a lot more to it than we realize!
It starts, as always, with God…no surprises there! ☺ The Psalmist declares in Psa. 31:15[a] “My times are in Your Hands”. The fact is, we DO have our allotted time on this earth, so we should take note of that and maybe adjust our daily programme to make time for the important stuff, and not to carelessly “fritter away “ our time! Chuckle..when I was a kid I used to think that “fritter” was my mother’s own made up word, as she used it quite often on us kids! Not to mention that in my thoughts I’d be rather cheeky and think instead of pumpkin fritters and potato fritters, and wish she was on about that instead!! Mmm, makes me drool just thinking about that! ☺ But there you are, it’s in the dictionary, and it means to “waste away” as in this case, our precious time. We have a rather “in your face” instruction from Paul who tells us in =Eph. 5:15-16 to “Act like people with good sense and not like fools. These are evil times so make every minute count”. We are challenged to live wisely and well! TIME Management! That, dear Yahweh Sisters, is up to each one of us to work out or work on! I leave that one with you to mull over; “Time will tell” how well we all go with that one!
Okay, after some digging, see what timeIy encouragement I found in The Good Book this week that I can splash into your soul, which I hope will start your week-end off on a good footing! God’s Grace is so amazing! He is so good – He knows how to bring balances to the challenges – that’s so like a great Dad!! ☺ Ecclesiastes 3 : 1-8 is a great place to “dig”, although I’m sure you all know these verses almost off by heart! To get your thoughts headed there, here’s how it starts: vs 1 = “TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON, A TIME FOR EVERY PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN” . .go on now.. maybe it’s your “time to seek the Lord” = Hos. 10:12[b] and let God’s Mighty Holy Spirit minster to you as you check out the rest of the verses for yourself! Let His hope splash comfort deep into your heart as you meditate on His “reason for this Season” you, possibly, find yourself in at this time. I promise you this: It IS for your good, even if it sure doesn’t look or feel like it right now! Trust me…no, wait..Trust HIM!! Just look at vs 11 = “ HE has made EVERYTHING beautiful in it’s time”!! Is this not like a “hope-fountain” flowing from God, and not just a few feeble splashes, dear Strong Women of God?! However, it’s not in our way or time-frame. . . and that’s the tough part…waiting for God’s perfect timing! Time passes … and time is a healer! It is? You think? In fact JESUS is THE HEALER! Now that’s the splashing good news!
Ooh boy! There’s just so much more in God’s Word about time, and the variable uses of it. I can give you a lot of great Scripture examples, but I am of the humble opinion that making use of our time WISELY still remains, however, the most important of all. Perhaps some of you will agree with me?! ☺ I reckon if King David had used his time wisely, instead of “frittering” it away, he would not have gotten into such a lot of trouble with the Bathsheba “incident”! = 2 Sam. Ch. 11 tells the story, and right at the outset – vss, 1-2 = “It happened at the time when Kings go out to battle…but David remained at Jerusalem..vs 2 “then it happened one evening when David got out of bed and walked on the roof of the King’s house”. “If only”… how often we could wring our hands and lament on the “if only”! BUT GOD …don’t these 2 powerful 3 letter words impact you and make you just ‘love on God’ <3 all the more sisters? See how HE turns things around and brings good out of everything, including the ‘bad and the sad seasons’ we experience on our life’s journey . And He’ll keep on doing it all the way to our journey’s end!! Beeg splashes of hope here ladies.. flowing from HIM straight into our hearts. . do you feel it? Happy Sigh!! ☺ Time to say ‘bye to YOU, and May and jump right into June, with no time to waste as we do our best to “Be WISE, watch & pray, for you do not know when the time is” = Mk 13:33 that Jesus will return = Our Time to go up & out! “Blessing the Lord at all times” = Ps. 34:1 . . . and blessing you with huge splashes of love <3 Rose xoxo