"WHERE DOES THE TIME GO"

"While it is daytime, I must continue doing the

 Work of the One who sent me. Night is coming,

 When no one can work."                                         

                                                             John. 9 :4    

Most  of us can look around and find reminders

of good intentions. We readily see areas where

we never do or follow through to reach a goal. 

Mr. Jones badly needed to know the time, but
his Wristwatch, alas, turned out to have stopped 

hours before. The streets were deserted and the

only living soul in sight was a man sunning

himself in a deck chair on the large,fenced-off

lawn of lawn of the local mental hospital.

   A little dubious, but observing that the man

really looked quite harmless and reflecting that

in any case he had no choice, Mr. Jones called
out, "Sir, do you by any chance have the time?"

    "The time? One moment." The man on the 

lawn was galvanized into action. Leaping out
of his deck chair, he withdraw a small stick
from one pocket and a small hammer from
another. He tapped the stick into the ground,
adjusted it carefully until he was satisfied it
was vertical, then whipped out a measuring
tape. He measured the length of the stick above
the ground and the length of its shadow.
Throwing himself prone on the ground, he
sighted the top of the stick against some point
on the building, made a mark on the ground,
and then made a few new measurements.
     Out from his back pocket came a slide rule.
Back and forth he manipulated it and finally,
Perspiring slightly, he said, "It is exactly 3:22.5
PM., provided this is June 30, as I think It is."
Mr. Jones, who had watched all this with
astonishment, could not help but be convinced,
and adjusted his watch carefully. He then said.
"This has been a most impressive use of the solar
position to tell time, but what do you do at night,
or on a cloudy day, when there are no shadow to
measure?"
     "Oh, then, said the inmate, holding up his left
arm, "I just look my wristwatch." The time God
gives to us is ours to spend we determine how to
use it. Accept the challenge to make every
moment count! It is an adventure, a time to listen,
learn, and share God's wisdom. It is an open door
to look at what set of priorities according to the
goal. It won't be long before to be more productive
and more fulfilling.