Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is?

Chicago

How we measure time passing has always been in relationship to something.

We grow our food and discover the changes in our weather over periods of time, when it was cold and hot, raining, snowing, or windy. Our time is marked by our relationship to the different seasons and how we see our created surroundings change and move.

We see the moon and sun make regular paths in the sky. Our time is marked by our relationship to where the sun and moon are in the sky.

We see as our bodies change and go from balls of energy to slower-moving bones. Our time is marked by our relationship to our bodies’ growth and development.

How we measure time can also be in relation to God and each other. As we look back on 2020, certainly one way to measure the year is in relation to the pandemic. But let’s try to look at it in relation to our God and each other.

During this pandemic, we have seen the Holy Spirit inspire creativity in homes, the classroom, and at businesses as we sought to move forward in relationships with our family, our teachers and students, and our jobs or businesses.

During this pandemic, we have seen streaming video and Zoom become a tool for meeting together in large groups. Our lives outside the home became our lives of work, school, and community inside the home. We measure time in relation to our making space in our homes for school, work, and family.

During this pandemic, we have seen the Church year move through its seasons with virtual and actual gatherings to celebrate Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Advent, Christmas, baptisms, and Sunday services. We have measured time in relation to our celebrating the Church year as believers together.

During this pandemic, we journey together praying COVID-19 doesn’t touch those we love.
We take all of the precautions. We pray for the unemployed and closed businesses as well as the essential workers maneuvering through pandemic life. We love those dealing with dear ones affected by COVID-19. We actively pray for an end to the pandemic. We measure time in relation to our seeing God act and respond to our crying out to Him for help.

A new year is upon us; let us measure time in relation to our God and our fellowship as believers to serve this world in need that our Lord gave His life for.

 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Hebrews 13:8

In Christ,

Rev. Rick Milliorn

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