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Thanks to The Harvest Show in South Bend, Indiana, for interviewing Chris Maxwell yesterday. Here is their site: http://www.harvest-tv.com
Another Day Along the Way
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Another day,
The time on my mobile phone didn't lie yesterday. It was correct. The plane flight just took me by surprise.
We arrived in Chicago ten minutes before we took off from South Bend.
Impossible? No. It happened. Educational? Yes. It taught me again about the proper use of time.
Most of you know how that impossible is possible. Flying through time zones can confuse minds like mine as hours shift, allowing 60 minutes to appear or disappear suddenly.
But what did it teach me? As I usually evaluate my own use of time whenever it springs forward, falls back, or leaps, I took time in the air to observe. More than clouds, wind, and crowds. I reviewed myself. I asked, "What would Chris do if given more time?" I asked again, this time changing only one letter and turning it into two: "What should Chris do if given more time?"
My mind recalled a comment a few hours earlier. After my TV interview, a new friend informed me her honest thoughts about what my heavenly Father wanted me to hear. She prayed for me and sent me toward the airport. Her words stayed, as if time had stopped. Those words fit here. They reinforced what our Maker can allow us to do. In the time we have, let us ask, "What should we do if given more time?" After answering, we can choose to spend the time we have by doing what matters most. Not always what feels best or rewards us the most. But what matters most. Not just a "can do" or a "want to." A "should do."
Look at the time. Look at your life. How are we spending these moments?
Along the way, Chris Maxwell
Prayer Surrendered: Psalm 51:10 (The Message)
God, make a fresh start in me,
shape a Genesis week from the chaos of my life.
Another Day Along the Way
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Another day,
The time on my mobile phone didn't lie yesterday. It was correct. The plane flight just took me by surprise.
We arrived in Chicago ten minutes before we took off from South Bend.
Impossible? No. It happened. Educational? Yes. It taught me again about the proper use of time.
Most of you know how that impossible is possible. Flying through time zones can confuse minds like mine as hours shift, allowing 60 minutes to appear or disappear suddenly.
But what did it teach me? As I usually evaluate my own use of time whenever it springs forward, falls back, or leaps, I took time in the air to observe. More than clouds, wind, and crowds. I reviewed myself. I asked, "What would Chris do if given more time?" I asked again, this time changing only one letter and turning it into two: "What should Chris do if given more time?"
My mind recalled a comment a few hours earlier. After my TV interview, a new friend informed me her honest thoughts about what my heavenly Father wanted me to hear. She prayed for me and sent me toward the airport. Her words stayed, as if time had stopped. Those words fit here. They reinforced what our Maker can allow us to do. In the time we have, let us ask, "What should we do if given more time?" After answering, we can choose to spend the time we have by doing what matters most. Not always what feels best or rewards us the most. But what matters most. Not just a "can do" or a "want to." A "should do."
Look at the time. Look at your life. How are we spending these moments?
Along the way, Chris Maxwell
Prayer Surrendered: Psalm 51:10 (The Message)
God, make a fresh start in me,
shape a Genesis week from the chaos of my life.
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