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A time for everything – part 1

Where does the time go? I often hear those comments. Is it true that time is going quicker the nearer we get to end times? Even my daughter as a quite young woman once said to me, ‘Mum, time seems to be going quicker every year.’

Is it just our perception or is time speeding up?

I had this conversation with a friend over coffee today. How can it almost be the end of the year when we feel we just got started! We wondered if the advent of electronics is responsible for time seeming to go quicker. It possibly is—we spend large chunks of our day flicking from one electronic notification to another. It is no wonder children have such short attention spans with computers at school and home, cell phones and television. Everything in handy bite-size pieces then on to the next one. Oblivious to all that is going on around them, life passing them by. Thank goodness my grandchildren have limited screen time. It is hard though when they are given electronic devices to do their homework on!

Thinking of this year, Cyclone Gabrielle was a huge event for us but even so it feels like it has just happened, rather than nearly nine months ago. We are certainly still recovering from it and have a long way yet to go. It is mid-November and Christmas is already being advertised on internet and in some stores. Mind you, I love Christmas including all the trappings so it is never too early for me. I have read two separate surveys on internet about how soon is too soon to start decorating for Christmas. On the latest survey which asked the question, ‘Is it too early to put up your Christmas tree’:

68% of responders said no sooner than 1 December

19.2% said never too early

8.9 barely remember to put it up at all (what is wrong with them!)

9% don’t celebrate Christmas at all (whaaat!)

Well I do not apologise for loving Christmas and all that goes with it. I must admit however that as I grow older, I do not have the energy to put up all the decorations that I used to. However, I decorate a tree beautifully and find lots of lovely Thomas Kinkaid collectables to decorate various surfaces in my living areas.

However, the most important to me is not the decorations or the bustle of Christmas but the reason for Christmas. My favourite part of Christmas is the hour I spend once everyone has gone to bed, sitting in the dark with only the tree lights glowing and meditate on the true meaning of Christmas.

What an amazing expression of love, that God sent his beloved son to earth as a baby as part of His redemption plan.

God bless you all.

 

 

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