Time means different things to different people. It can be described as a dimension in which events can be ordered from the past through the present and into the future measuring the duration and the interval between events. Time clocks measure and keeps everything from happening at once! The Judaeo-Christian measure of time is linear and begins with the creation by God and ends with the end of the world.
For some people, it is as the lyrics of the song Time - by Pink Floyd portrays, which are given below, and which gives a stark picture of the wasting away of time and in the end being left with remorse.
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.
So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older,
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.
Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over,
Thought I'd something more to say.
Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
And when I come home cold and tired
Its good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells.
For others, time has a purpose as the lyrics of this song taken from the Bible portrays. Turn, Turn, Turn - by The Byrds
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven–
A time to give birth, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted.
A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to tear down, and a time to build up.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
A time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace, and a time to shun embracing.
A time to search, and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep, and a time to throw away.
A time to tear apart, and a time to sew together; A time to be silent, and a time to speak.
A time to love, and a time to hate; A time for war, and a time for peace. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
For those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and His death and resurrection, we have come out of the time zone and are already in eternity which is everlasting life. The purpose of our time on earth is to redeem it as it says in Colossians 4:5 by telling others about the gift of everlasting life which the Lord Jesus Christ gives to all people on the earth just by believing in Him and what He did for us.
For some people, it is as the lyrics of the song Time - by Pink Floyd portrays, which are given below, and which gives a stark picture of the wasting away of time and in the end being left with remorse.
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.
So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older,
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.
Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over,
Thought I'd something more to say.
Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
And when I come home cold and tired
Its good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells.
For others, time has a purpose as the lyrics of this song taken from the Bible portrays. Turn, Turn, Turn - by The Byrds
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven–
A time to give birth, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted.
A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to tear down, and a time to build up.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
A time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace, and a time to shun embracing.
A time to search, and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep, and a time to throw away.
A time to tear apart, and a time to sew together; A time to be silent, and a time to speak.
A time to love, and a time to hate; A time for war, and a time for peace. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
For those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and His death and resurrection, we have come out of the time zone and are already in eternity which is everlasting life. The purpose of our time on earth is to redeem it as it says in Colossians 4:5 by telling others about the gift of everlasting life which the Lord Jesus Christ gives to all people on the earth just by believing in Him and what He did for us.
