Wow, the past few weeks have been great. Also, very busy and very tiring, but I'm finally taking some time to stop. And it actually feels like when your car comes to a screeching halt while driving on a busy street. Good thing that I can have a mental break (and brake)! As a 3L I keep doing so much, that even with my eyes wide open (after lots of caffeine), it is extremely easy to overlook and miss what is truly important.
But where does time go?
Well, I'm sure there's a very scientifically valid response to that question (out there somewhere), but, nope, I won't actually be discussing or researching that in this blog. It is simply my rhetorical attempt at trying to address the fact that yes, I do realize time in general just goes by so quickly....and if you close your eyes for a bit, that moment, that day, that week, is adios!
And actually, that's a great way to put it. "Adios" technically means "goodbye" in Spanish. But if you break up the word into two words -- making it "a - Dios " -- well, then those words mean "to God." And, I really like that.
Essentially that's the truth of the matter: time belongs (and goes) to God. Time is in God's hands. It's most definitely not in mine. It's not in yours. It's not in anyone's....no matter how rich, how poor, how healthy, how sick, how strong, how weak, or who you are. Only God is the Alpha and the Omega. El es el principio y el fin.
I write about "time" right now, because believe me, I have been wishing I could extend the 24 hours God gives me each day in order to actually get everything done. It rarely happens (if ever) and yet, I think the point of it all is to learn to not only prioritize, but to also focus on what truly matters.
A year (or even a week) from today, it will not matter if I actually did most of the things on my "to-do list." (And I say that quite thankfully!) But what about my time investing in friends, in family, in my service to God and to others? I think that's what truly matters. Are my eyes truly open to that? And is my heart?
It's interesting that this has been one of the key challenges amidst the many that come while being in law school. How much time do I really spend sharing God's love with others around me? Do I even acknowledge the person sitting next to me in class or standing next to me wherever I am?
Wow. I hope I don't overlook or simply waste the opportunities that God gives me each day. As Christians were are called to be light and to love our neighbor as ourselves. That is part of our purpose. That means it is not just "shining" our light while in church or in Christian settings. It means being light everywhere. It means exercising our hearts to the full daily by loving others around us. Todo el tiempo!
So, that's another challenge at this time of my life. And, it will be throughout all the time God grants me. There's so much time, and yet, it goes by so quickly that there's so little. But I know it is worth taking the challenge each day and living out that true purpose.
"Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity." Colossians 4:5
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