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BY
PATTI MORSE *
Every day is a precious gift. We hear that
statement so often.
But do we really believe it?
Each new morning, we rise to a new day with
God-given time to bless our Creator and be a blessing to His creation.
Time truly is the greatest gift of all.
Without it, all other gifts are useless!
Usually we wish we had more time in a day,
but now that we are mostly confined at home, we seem to have too much time on
our hands.
What has changed? Certainly not the number of
hours in a day.
Rather, our normal routine has changed.
God has redefined our days, and now we must
choose our response.
Are we going to whine about what God has done
or are we going to worship our good God and trust His plan?
I used to spend so much time driving and
often complained that I wished I was home more.
Now I am quarantined at home!
God has given me that time back. What will I
do with it?
Will I use it productively, looking Upward
and Outward, or will I dwell on those places I cannot go and those things I
cannot do?
Battling terminal cancer, I’m often told that
I’m on cancer’s time clock.
But my reply to my oncologist is this: Cancer
has not changed the time God has given me on this earth.
It has just changed my journey! Well, the
same can be said of COVID-19.
Although, for most of us, this virus has
given us more time to spend on what is of greatest importance: home and family.
COVID-19 has changed our days, but we get to
choose what those days will look like!
Let’s awaken the dawn
with our praise and redeem every minute for God’s glory! Let’s look Upward to
our good God and Outward to others.
Let’s be creative as
we encourage family and friends — front porch surprises, drive by visits,
scavenger yard hunts, Brady Bunch-style video-chat parties, teddy bear
sightings, sidewalk chalk messages.
The limit is our
imagination!
These times should
make us more conscious of God’s daily blessings that we so often miss or take
for granted in the rush of life.
We should be careful
to thank Him for every good thing He has bestowed on our lives and choose to
wrap our days in joy as we ask God to establish the work of our hands for His
glory.
Psalm 90:12 — “So
teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”
Psalm 90:14 — “Oh,
satisfy us early with Your mercy that we may rejoice and be glad all our days!”
Psalm 90:17 — “And
let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our
hands, and establish the work of our hands for us.”
*Patti Morse is a
volunteer at the ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History.
The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) wants people to
know that God’s Word can be trusted in everything it speaks about—from how and
why we were made, to how the universe was formed, to how we can know God and
receive all He has planned for us.
After 50
years of ministry, ICR remains a leader in scientific research within the
context of biblical creation. Founded by Dr. Henry Morris in 1970, ICR exists
to conduct scientific research within the realms of origins and Earth history,
and then to educate the public both formally and informally through
professional training programs, through conferences and seminars around the
country, and through books, magazines, and media presentations.
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