Every afternoon... 4 pm... they come to shower... clean up... from their day of serving... building... painting...
What I've become so aware of watching... listening... to these teens and their leader... is how fast time flies...
My own children... they went on mission through this same group when they were in high school...
Me... I've worked a kitchen or two for this group...
It just cycles... over... and... over...
I think about how quickly the time has gone...
how babies have grown to adults...
how nieces and nephews I knew as babies... now have babies...
I think about all who've gone before me...
those who knew me as a baby...
those who now have grand-babies... great-grand-babies...
those who've fallen asleep in the Lord...
The time seems short...
flying by...
and the truth strikes...
the entirety of our life on earth is brief...
whether you live 1 hour... or 105 years...
Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow.
Psalm 144:4 ESV
In the eternal scheme of things... we have a very narrow window of time... to find Him... know Him... serve Him... glorify Him...
It's just a brief time...
What are you doing with yours...?
O Lord, make me know my end
and what is the measure of my days;
let me know how fleeting I am!
Psalm 39:4 ESV
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