The Runaway Clock
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Going straight to the Cross
The Runaway Clock
by Randal Matheny
We'd been suspecting it for a couple days.
Vicki woke up this morning at 6:15 to go walk. At
least, she thought it was 6:15. She consulted her
little timer-clock for which she is known around
the world (well, almost) and discovered it was
only 5:45.
Our trusty clock-radio sitting beside our bed had
gone haywire. It was running fast. And throwing
everyone who consulted it out of kilter.
If you thought 2002 whizzed by, maybe your inner
clock has gone haywire. Removing age as a time
accelerator, you may still be wondering where last
year went.
The answer may be in our wacky clock-radio. Like
it, you stepped up the pace.
You overcommitted yourself, shorted your nights,
your family, your God.
You don't need more time. You need less do, less
go, less busy, less hurry.
I keep saying "you." To keep from saying "I."
After all, it's my clock-radio.
"Live life, then, with a due sense of
responsibility, not as men who do not know the
meaning and purpose of life but as those who do.
Make the best use of your time, despite all the
difficulties of these days. Don't be vague, but
firmly grasp what you know to be the will of the
Lord" (Eph. 5:15-17, Phillips).