Posts Tagged ‘ Number our days ’
So teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.
Psalm 90:12, NASB
While I have used this to justify birthdays, the greater meaning is that we should remember our lives are short, but we should remember how much God does for us in our lives.
Alrighty, everyone!
If you are not in Hawaii or Arizona (where I am!) – or a few small pockets – then you are waking up to Daylight Savings Time adjusting your clocks back an hour!
Now, if you are grumbling about being an hour early for church, here is some advice:
Do all things without grumbling or disputing …
Philippians 2:14 (ESV)
If there is any silver lining to DST beginning and ending every 6 months-ish, it is that it serves as a reminder to live out another biblical teaching:
So teach us to number our days
that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Psalm 90:12 (ESV)
Happy Sunday!
Go worship God in word, deed, and thought!
Count the ways wisdom is beneficial for your life through the thoughts at Proverbial Thought!
The poem today was written almost exactly seven years ago, and it was soon after meeting a young woman (who is now my wife). She and I met when she was still in a relationship with another young man (a relationship on the way out, I would learn only a week later) and I was focusing on my relationship with God. I was quite taken with her, and I did not understand why at first.
The other inspiration came from others taking note of my affinity for noting times and days (and their affinity for asking me to tell them the last time, to the minute, I had last played with Legos!), and they did not understand why. I was able to point them to a verse I had only memorized that summer:
So teach us to number our days
that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Psalm 90:12
This poem is also a bit of a call to remember that all of our relationships are meant to honor God, and our pursuit of another person, boyfriend or girlfriend to become husband or wife, should therefore be important enough to take note of important things, such as special moments.
counting time for her and God
i get made fun of a lot
for being so aware of time
that i really need a girl
to straighten out my life
but having someone here
would only make it worse
for every moment with her
should be a moment of worth
every single moment is
another moment with her
keeping a catalog of those
is what she should deserve
God deserves nothing less
which is why i count time
for my life forever changed
the day i met Jesus Christ
He counts the days as well
until with all of us He can abide
He anxiously awaits the day
He returns for His Bride
so do not make fun of me
but join me in this venture
of the waiting of our Lord
and counting the days to His Return
a simple man of God 