Have We Used The Time Well?
I’ve been thinking back over the last two months and what I’ll miss, or won’t miss, about the current restrictions.
I won’t miss the taste of hand-sanitizer. It’s not that I’ve been following Donald Trump’s advice and drinking it, but it’s on my hands all the time and that gets onto whatever I touch, and before long, I find that I can taste it. I won’t miss not being able to go out whenever I want, to wherever I want. It seems like an eternity since I made a Bunnings run. I won’t miss the isolation. Even though I’m a bit of an introvert and enjoy my own company, I’ve really come to appreciate talking to people face to face.
I will miss my clean, tidy desk. I’d like to think I can keep that up, but deep down I know it will never happen. I’ll miss having the time to mow the lawns and work in the garden. I’ll miss the uninterrupted time that I’ve been able to give to finishing a research project that’s been dragging on for quite a few years. I’ll miss using some newly acquired skills like working to camera, video editing, and online Church services. I may even miss zoom meetings. It’s been pleasant not to have to drive to Canberra regularly.
But when it comes down to it, we don’t get to choose the times we live in. All we get to decide is how we will use the time we have been given. The bible speaks about this when it says, “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:15-16). And how do we live wisely? Again the bible says, “…let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching” (Hebrews 10:24-25).
Looking back, have we used the time well? Looking forward, it’s not too late to do things differently.
Neil Percival
I won’t miss the taste of hand-sanitizer. It’s not that I’ve been following Donald Trump’s advice and drinking it, but it’s on my hands all the time and that gets onto whatever I touch, and before long, I find that I can taste it. I won’t miss not being able to go out whenever I want, to wherever I want. It seems like an eternity since I made a Bunnings run. I won’t miss the isolation. Even though I’m a bit of an introvert and enjoy my own company, I’ve really come to appreciate talking to people face to face.
I will miss my clean, tidy desk. I’d like to think I can keep that up, but deep down I know it will never happen. I’ll miss having the time to mow the lawns and work in the garden. I’ll miss the uninterrupted time that I’ve been able to give to finishing a research project that’s been dragging on for quite a few years. I’ll miss using some newly acquired skills like working to camera, video editing, and online Church services. I may even miss zoom meetings. It’s been pleasant not to have to drive to Canberra regularly.
But when it comes down to it, we don’t get to choose the times we live in. All we get to decide is how we will use the time we have been given. The bible speaks about this when it says, “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:15-16). And how do we live wisely? Again the bible says, “…let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching” (Hebrews 10:24-25).
Looking back, have we used the time well? Looking forward, it’s not too late to do things differently.
Neil Percival