...your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." Psalms 139:16 NIV
Many of you give of yourselves to others every single day. May the Lord continue to richly bless you, for you already know the real meaning of love. You're care givers to your parents, your grandparents and neighbors. You bring food to those in need. You sit by the bedside of the lonely and dying. You have a servant's attitude and a heart for Christ.
Our days are numbered before we are born. God has already predestined the length of our life. He is the only one who knows how long our life will be. This makes our time very precious. Whenever we live through one day, that is one day less of our time here on earth. Knowing this, believing this, we should make the most of every day that we are given. When we give of our time to someone else we have given a precious part of ourselves. When we give the gift of our time we are showing a Godly love.
Never tell your neighbor to wait until tomorrow if you can help them today. Proverbs 3:27 TEV
Since we don't know that we will have a tomorrow, or we don't know if your loved one or neighbor has a tomorrow we can't know if another opportunity to minister will come along again. None of us has a guarantee that we will have a tomorrow. All we have is now.
"The best expression of love is time. Time is your most precious gift because you only have a set amount of it. You can make more money, but you can't make more time. When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back. Your time is your life. That's why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time. Whenever you give your time you're making a sacrifice, and sacrifice is the essence of love." -- Rick Warren
The statement above is from the Purpose Driven Life. It is a revelation to me. Our days are truly numbered, so time is our most precious commodity. When we give the time of ourselves, it is not something we can re-coop later on. Time given away is gone -- thus making our time a precious and priceless gift when you give of yourself to others. This has to be our greatest purpose in life. I remember some of my greatest joys in my life was in helping someone else.
Today, Lord Jesus, I will take the time to love the people you place in my path. Always remind me that loving others is never a waste of time. I hope that I have a tomorrow. Forgive me for all the time that I have wasted, for the missed opportunities to show your love, for the many people I have ignored along the way because I didn't seem to have the time. Bring someone into their path to fix what my actions may have broken -- restore their joy so they can know Your love and mercies. Help me to give time to help others -- to show them Your love and give them hope. Teach me to love those who seem unlovable and give them what they need, not what they deserve. You are their only judge! Allow me to see others through your eyes. Break my heart for what breaks yours, Lord Jesus. Show me the potential that You see. Remind me that loving others is never a waste of time. I ask all of this in Your precious name, Lord Jesus. Amen -- Selah!
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