Today I had to book 6 of us on a flight to Johannesburg for a weekend in December.
I did the whole thing, put in the names, date of births, email addresses, cell phone numbers and eventually my credit card details. As soon as I hit continue, it started processing my payment.
A moment or two later I got an sms from the credit card company saying the money had come off, so something was happening. Well, 25 minutes passed and the sign was still sitting on the webpage blinking away at me. I did the next thing and googled the phone number of the airline. I got through pretty quickly and the helpful man put me through to the agent who would cross check my booking. I was put on hold for 12 minutes and still no one answered, so I phoned the same number again and got through to someone else. Instead of her passing the buck again, she made the difference to my life today and confirmed the booking for me! I received the confirmation number and could rest assured that the flights were booked.
As I was hanging on for all this to happen, my mind went back to something I read in Lady Anne Barnard’s journal. Such a classic description of this kind of thing.
“Delay is the secret thief and open robber of time.”
Isn’t that a truth? In fact this week, I saw another quote that someone pinned on Facebook. I wrote it down…
I think the thing that was so significant out of this quote is the final sentence – otherwise you’ll run out of time. That is true. Eventually, we will all run out of time.
When I think of time passing, I think of Moses writing Psalm 90, especially verses 10 & 12
Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. 12 Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
I think if we can stop each day and remember these things – number our days to gain a heart of wisdom. Learn to be happy right now, because eventually we will run out of time. One day when we look back on our lives, I am sure we will find that we would probably wish that we hadn’t rushed so much – that we hadn’t worried so much – and that we had enjoyed life more.
Let’s start that today for these are the days!
Keep the smile going.
God bless you!
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂