Time

"Time is of the essence."
"So much to do and so little time."
"Carpe Diem!"
"Don't count every hour in the day, but make every hour in the day count."
There are so many cliches out there about time, however, they are all very true and pertinent. Time is very much of the essence, if you do not breathe it in, it will pass you by. There is always way more to do than there are hours in a day. You must cease the moment or it will be gone in the blink of an eye. You must make every second, minute, and every hour of every day count for something. As a Christian, it is very important to me to have relationships with people. Building relationships helps me to be more comfortable about sharing the gospel. I know you can share about God without having a relationship with someone, but it is easier for me to build the relationship and allow God's love and light to shine through me and for people to say, "What is it that you have? I want that peace and happiness!" Building relationships takes time. People often think that can happen over night, and it can not. Trust and love must be established and that takes time. I feel like lately many of my relationships have not had their "upkeep" time because of everything going on. Believe it or not, relationships is on my list of to do's for this week. You know, make that phone call and say, "Hey, how is life ... I have missed you!" My hope is to make at least two of those calls this week.
The reason that time has really been on my heart this past week is because it is just so darn precious to me. Saturday night CR and I sat down with Kitty's computer and looked at older photographs of Kirby, the twins, and from Thanksgiving two years ago. I remember crying that Thanksgiving morning because I wanted to be thankful for a pregnancy, and it just was not happening. God had a plan, but I could not see it in the fog of the moment. I needed to give Him time. It was so much fun looking at the twins' pictures from when they were learning to crawl. It just seems like yesterday they were born, and now they are off with their parents learning new things and pursuing the great commission. Oh how I wish we had more time with them this past summer. Kirby's pictures almost look like a completely different baby. She was so tiny in her clothes ... they practically swallowed her. I looked at the picture of the first time I got to hold her (almost 2 hours after I had her!!!) and I just stared at it for a few minutes. Oh that time was so precious to me, but little did I know how hard it was going to be to go back to work. Now every moment I get to hold her, I just breathe in and smell her, hug her, and try to notice every little thing about her. Yesterday she sat on my lap for a good thirty minutes just talking away. She was trying to mimic my voice. This morning she sat in her bumbo while I got ready to go to work. Every second I get with her in a day is so, so precious to me. I only get about three or four waking hours a day with her, so I try to make the best of every bit of that. That is why I have not had as much time to spend on relationships, working out, or doing much to the house. I keep every thing up, but that is about it ... no getting ahead right now!
I am very much looking forward to the Christmas break. I know that too will go by way too quickly, but it will be two full weeks that I get to spend with our precious gift from God.

"Every good and perfect gift comes from above, coming down from the Father who does not change like the shifting shadows." James 1:17