'Are You Wasting God's Time?'

What are you doing right at this moment? Just stop and think about it.
Well obviously..... you are reading this article. ((LOL)) But are you doing anything else at the same time, or simultaneously? For example... are you....alone or with company? Are you, at home, at work, in a library, an internet cafe, a pub, a church building, a college, on a train etc....where are you? What activity are you engaged in? Are you talking to someone, reading quietly or out loud, typing or taking notes? If you are with company, what kind of people are around you? If you are engaged in conversation, what are you talking about? Make careful consideration as to whether, the activity with which you are engaged, at this very moment (no matter how big or small), is of value, is worthwhile, constructive or appropriate? More importantly, is this activity loving? joyful? educational or peaceful? Whom or what does it serve? Does it add-to, or diminish, the quality of  life, for yourself or others? Whom or what would benefit from it now or in the future, how and why?


Time is a most precious and valuable asset. Consider for a moment, the many souls  whose lives on earth have just ended, this very instant, as we speak. They have left their bodies, their communities, their closest and dearest, their homes, jobs, families, friends, colleagues, pets, admirers, enemies, hobbies, pastimes, material belongings. They have simply died, having taken their last breath amongst us for this lifetime, never to be seen or heard from, in the same way ever again. Not even the banking system, the persistent debt collectors, or credit card bailiffs, can ever get another payment out of them, no matter what they have owed. 
It's now finished! Over!

Life is indeed short my dear friend. Not so long ago, you were but a little embryo in the womb and then a child barely learning to walk, and just starting kindergarten. Now as an adult, you look back in amazement, wondering how all that time has passed. Isn't it amazing how quickly a lifetime goes by, and before you know it you are 65 years of age, and being referred to as an OAP, even though inside you don't feel a day older than 21 years of age!! But whatever your age right now, it's important that you stop a moment, to assess what exactly you are doing with the time you have now, and more importantly what you intend to do with the rest of it in the future. Is your time really yours?


The past is over and gone. Perhaps you have done incredibly well up till now, or maybe you've messed up big time so far. Probably many will find themselves somewhere in the middle, along that spectrum. The fact is, one way or another,  you have made it to this very moment in time, and you are HERE, right now and  present. YOU... are still breathing, and I assume still capable, of conscious thought and emotional responses. You are here, creating your future experiences with whatever it is that you are doing right now. Lets repeat that statement. Whatever you are engaged with right now,( in thought, emotion, passion, word or deed), is actively generating your future, and the day will come when you will experience your last breath here on earth, and will cease to exist, in that body of yours. At that time, it is YOU,  and only you who will be accountable then, (as you are now), for how you used your time. 

So at this present moment, do the thoughts you are thinking, the words you are saying, the actions you are taking, benefit you and/or others, in any way, or do they cause harm? Those daily activities and habits that we often take for granted, all add up. Even simple things like doing the washing up, smiling at the neighbor across the road, turning up to an important appointment on time, keeping that promise you made, sending that get well card to cheer someone up 'who is recovering from an illness, answering a client's questions patiently over the phone, telling someone only the truth about a product or service you are selling, giving extra care and attention to the newcomer who is having difficulty settling in, counting to 10 rather than making that hurtful remark, suspending blame or judgement towards another, refusing to participate in backstabbing or gossip mongering, saying sorry when a mistake has been made and making amends for it, paying someone a well deserved compliment, forgiving an indiscretion, etc...etc..etc....Whichever activity you may be engaged in right now, the point is this; how much, and to whom will it matter in 8 months, 8 years or even 80 years time? If the actions of the present are what generate the experiences of the future, then it is important enough that you have a satisfactory answer to the following questions....


What are you doing with your time right now? What are you presently focussed on, and how valuable is it? Is there anything you are not saying or not doing, which you could be saying or doing, that would be of benefit? And is there anything you are saying or doing right now, that you need not be, because it is harmful, a waste of time, or of very little importance or value? Finally the most important question of all, how much will this activity you are engaged in now matter, and will it count for anything, when you are dead?


Written by Rev.Bola Animashaun 
(Copyright 8Apr2011 -ARR)
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