A friend sent an email today which contains a calculator to help work out how many days we have been alive. You submit your birth date and instantly the number appears together with the day on which you were born, for me a Monday, as well as other details like the number of weeks lived so far. Again, for me 3611.
It really is an eye opener! That over 25,000 times I have woken up with a clean sheet of life to be lived. Some of these days have passed very rapidly; others drag (and I've had a few of those these last weeks!) As I think about that number and marvel at how many days have already passed I realize how I should treat this statistic as I look ahead.
- To regard each day as a gift to keep me grounded with thankfulness to my Creator.
- To see each day as opportunity to grow wiser, building on lessons and experiences from the past.
- To treat each day as valuable because I never know how many more there might be. There is a limit!
When the psalmist wrote:
Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom (Ps. 90 12) it was set in a context of living every day wisely, even though they quickly pass. Their total length may be seventy years, or eighty if you have the strength, says the psalmist. But what really matters is that we slow down and recognize that each one counts as gift, opportunity and so valuable!
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Thanks Michael.
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