Take Time To Reflect

I was starting to feel guilty.
I was thinking,
"what would I do
if time was not afforded me
like it is right now?"

I realized something.

It is afforded me right now
because I made it so.
And if things became busier
as I know life tends to do,
I will make time
then too.

We must take time
for the real,
the necessary.
Quietness of soul,
meditation in God's Word
and time apart
has never been given an option
to this heart.

There once was a time
I did not understand.
My life was harried, stressed,
overcommitted or not quite enough.
No time for people,
caring, sharing, offering a hand.

But step back
and take time, I did.
And through the spinning,
the voices, the pressures, the fog.....
A Person emerged.
And He taught me the value of Him
most of all.

It takes time to know someone.
It takes priority.
It takes setting down stuff
to find the practicality.
Simple overtook.
Values.
Character.
The real and genuine.
Take the time.
Make it happen.
Seek and you will find.
Knock and the door will open.

He traded me beauty for ashes.
The oil of joy for mourning.
A garment of praise
for a spirit of heaviness.
He made me a tree
of His righteousness.
A planting by His hand.
And now His fruit remains.

This taking of time
is a matter
of life or death
each and every day.

Enjoy Jesus.
In Him alone is life.