I was planning to procrastinate, but never got around to it. 

Whether you consider the above quotation wise, witty or silly, it can be quite a sobering thought.  How many of us can truly say we don’t put off important things we know we should have done yesterday?  Don’t you just go green with envy when you meet those super-efficient amazons who are punctual, organized and always put together?  Don’t they infuriate you…..with yourself? 

From my own experience I know that if something is important, I better attend to it immediately, otherwise I simply don’t trust myself to “get around to it.”  I know I could benefit from a Time Management course.  In fact, I once signed up for one but never made it there.  No time!!  There are still so many new ideas, projects and plans I’d like to get around to.  I know that with better personal discipline they might materialize!!

You might be surprised to learn that effective time management is not a professional value but also a religious imperative.  We need to remember that our days here are all counted and we must make good use of the time that the Lord has given us. 

But is that really important?  Time marches on inexorably, whether we take note of it or not.  What value is there in counting the days? The answer is that we count these days to make us conscious of the preciousness of every single day.  To make us more sensitive to the value of a day, an hour, a moment.  As an old friend once said, “A summers’ day and a winter’s night is a year!”  Think about that.  Whatever your age……with God’s grace you will get older!

I once read a great saying.  Life is like a picture postcard.  Ever had the experience of being on vacation and sending a picture postcard home to a friend?    We start writing with a large scrawl and then think of new things to say and before we know it we are at the end of the card and there’s no more room!!   So, what do we do?  We start writing smaller and then when we’re out of space we start winding our words around the edges to get it all in!!

Isn’t life like that?  We start off young and reckless and as we get older, we realize that life is short.  So, we start cramming and trying to squeeze in all those important things we never got around to doing.  Sometimes our attempts are quite desperate, even pathetic, as we seek to put some meaning into our lives before it’s too late.  (Maybe that’s with mid-life crisis is all about.}

So, God tells us to count our days because they are, in fact, numbered.  We each have an allotted number of days and years in which to fulfill the purpose for which we were created.  Hopefully by counting time we will appreciate it better!! So, whatever it is that is important for each of us to get done, let’s do it.  God will be pleased that we will use our time wisely in His service and whatever you feel called to do. 

                                    Your Days are all Numbered!