The Swinging Pendulum
In this digital age, some people cannot tell the time when looking at an old-fashioned clock face. And most don’t remember winding clocks with a key or watches by the stem. I suppose that our modern timekeepers with their glowing numbers are more accurate. However, I often miss the soothing effect of the ticking of a good old clock.
I especially like clocks with pendulums. The swinging pendulum is marking time as it moderates and motivates the clock. With every swing of the pendulum, another second is gone. Seconds add up to minutes, minutes add up to hours, and hours add up to days. This is the passage of time. Time is like a great threshing machine mowing down the days of our lives.
The swinging pendulum works with God’s Word. Together, they remind me that each passing second puts us closer to the return of Christ. Every minute that goes by, someone slips into eternity. Every hour that passes is a lost opportunity to do good. Days that are passed cannot be reclaimed. Days not spent doing God’s will are spent outside of God’s will.
I am a sinner, and my greatest sin is probably the wasting of time. The Bible teaches that there is a time for everything. A wise person will know the proper time for every matter. The Bible also tells us that our time is in God’s hands. None of us knows the day or hour when our pendulum will stop swinging.
It is essential to make plans for tomorrow, but be aware that tomorrow is not guaranteed. Understand, in the grand scheme of eternity, your life is as transient as the steam rising from my coffee cup. So, borrowing a phrase from an old movie, we should live our lives as if we have a long way to go and a short time to get there. After all, the clock is ticking and time rushes on.
Douglas & Deborah Huff
From Down Where the Pavement Ends
Email-douglas@pavementendsministry.com
From the Bible
“Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.”
James 4:13-17 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/jas.4.13-17.NKJV
very good I miss the old clocks too – time when gone never comes back.