THE STRUGGLE

Real or perceived it's there. The struggle of time. The struggle of how to use it...time. The struggle with enjoying the time I've been giving in this life or not. The struggle of making the most of this life or not. The struggle of worrying about the outcome of things I have control over or not.

I believe the words of the Bible to be true. The Word asks me to consider if my worrying can add even one hour to my life. I'm currently sitting at a little more than 398,500 hours. The question is about 1 hour...can my worry add one hour. The obvious answer is no. At my current hourly age, one more hour would be an increase of 0.000250941029 of a percent. I just did that math on a calculator. All the worry and frustration in the world can't add a minuscule percent of time to my life.

So I have stopped with looking at the anger of Facebook, the worry of Facebook, and the worry of whatever political party one is involved with. I have been sent links from folks of the same faith who call one person a heretic and another link with the same person a saint. Silly...really.

Here is what I've done with my time. I've read a book of fiction that focuses on the end of time events. I enjoy it, because although it is fictional, it gets me thinking on things that are greater than this life. I've spent more time playing and enjoying video games with my son. I've had meaningful conversations with my wife. Significant conversations with her, because, frankly, our ability to communicate with each other is currently jacked up! I look forward to our growing in grace and trust in the Lord as we learn to be more like Him in the midst of this struggle.

I said I wasn't getting back on to Facebook until after the first of 2017. My wife told me about a friend that said I should blog. I was touched by my friends words, and I took them to heart.

So here ya go, Janean! Thank you for the encouragement!