Marriage
I awoke this morning thinking about time - the first thing I did was look at the clock, and then thought how funny that everything we do seems dictated
by these little machines that tell us what time it is.
When I was a child, time was always standing still - every moment lasted it seemed, forever, so I could be so extravagant with it - gazing at a flower, making a mud pie, swinging on a swing - and even after spending what felt like hours doing any one of these, or even all of them, there was always more time to play before the day came to an end.
It was a happy and carefree time, and I don't remember ever looking at a clock.
When I got to college, time seemed to have accelerated, and I had discovered clocks.
There was never enough time to study, to get to class, to meet with friends - and no matter which one I did, time ran out before I was done.
I was always in a hurry, trying to get everything I could packed into every minute of time.
When my children were small, time both sped up and slowed down - if they were cranky and crying, the night lasted forever, but when the night was peaceful, it was over in an instant.
There were always too many meals to fix, too many rooms to clean, too many kids to round up and send home at the end of the day.
And those few moments, fleeting as they were, when the kids were asleep, and the house was at last quiet, I savored each one like a precious jewel to be enjoyed to the fullest.
When the kids grew up, time accelerated again - they graduated high school, got jobs, and moved out - and all of this seemed to happen all at once, like time was in a race to get something done.
Then time slowed back down, with an empty house came time to actually sit and reflect, but it always seemed like an unwelcome reminder of how many years had passed beneath my feet.
Later still, the rounds of weddings were done, there were grandchildren to see not ever often enough - and time all of the sudden seemed to stretch out in front of me - slowed to a crawl because I was spending it all alone.
I was bereft because there was no longer any 'busyness' that could disguise the hole in my heart - but it was also the time when I slowed down enough to find that Jesus had been beside me all of this time.
When I accepted Him, everything changed yet again - and every moment of time slowed enough to fully enjoy - and filling them up with reading about and following His path made each one more rich and full than the last.
Now time is speeding up yet again, for just a few years (or was that minutes) ago - Jesus gave me the desire of my heart, He sent me the perfect one to love.
Our hearts made an instant connection, and we knew this was it, we were meant to be - but time seemed to just fly along, yet it is slow enough too, to wrap my heart around each sweet moment we have together.
Now I awake to each day with such joy in my heart, and my first thanks of the day go up to God, for giving me another set of hours to cherish the love that is His gift to me, to spend it so extravagantly just being with you.
Every moment with you seems to last for hours, I tuck each lovely memory away in my heart - yet when I look back the day has flown by in a flash, the time has ticked away, and the day is done so fast.
I rejoice that I have each minute, each hour, each day that I get to live this dream come true - for there will never be enough time to tell you how much I love you!
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