Are you ever surprised when you wake up and realize that it is Thursday, ALREADY?! I am.

An usual thing has happened to me in the last few years, time is speeding up. My gramma use to say that at you get older time goes faster. Now I KNOW what she meant. Months seem like days... February will be over in 2 days!!!!!

Over the last few days, I have heard snippets of sermons that Bob is digitizing and more than one has hit on the "time factor" from the perspective of redeeming the time. How do you redeem time? We hear loads of sermons on doing things "now is the time", and preaching on "what is your life? it is even a vapour..." All of us have heard these sermons, perhaps to the point that we just want them lighten up.

Redeem means to buy back. But how do you buy back something that can't be bought or sold?

I don't know what the preachers said, but this is just a few ways we can redeem the time, in my humble opinion, for what it is worth.

Do what you can, when you can. If you can help someone today, do it. Proverbs has a verse about that. No-one knows that consequences of a kind word, or gesture. Now think of that in reverse.

Make the most of the time you have, in other words, don't waste time. That doesn't mean we should skip sleep, stop taking vacations, never play a game or sit around resting, or fellowshipping(that is a ministry too).
Jesus told the disciples to rest. The Bible has a lot of verses that tell us to be still, to rest. We are not good for anything if we are overly tired. I think a lot of folks are going to be surprised at the Judgement Seat when their pile of deeds is billowing smoke black as night, to reveal a teeny pile of crowns, and some of those people who appear to do nothing will be receiving mountains of crowns. Maybe it was the difference between motives, or pride-to be seen of men. Some people can't stand to be doing the hidden work of God. They have to be out there in the front, up front, so everyone can see. But the hidden man of the heart is going to be judged, and who we really are will be revealed. Will we have to be ashamed? Many parts of a car engine are hidden, but does that make it any less vital? If that hidden part breaks, doesn't it need to be repaired? Is the bolt of the battery any less necessary than the tires? Without either functioning properly the car is hindered.

The body of Christ, comprised of all Believers, needs the little freckles on the pinkie toe, just as much as the beautiful curly hair of the head, or the genius brain, and pounding heart. All are part of the body, and have a function. Most of us would prefer to see the curly hair vs. the heart or brain. A broken tooth affects the body.
We need to be less hard on the bretheren who stray, in the sense that they need to be restored. Surgery, a cast, or therapy might be needed to get them back to health and full working order, but how will they even be willing to allow that if we kick them when they are down. Reach out an try to lift them up, try to help. Then if they slap your hand away, it is on them.

My mind is wandering a bit now...again the thinking of my brain has been fuzzy of late with the pain meds i am on....

Redeem the time....don't dwell on the past...sin or not...what was done or not done. Move forward today, do what you can today. This moment is all you are certain to have. Tomorrow might not come for you, or me.... tomorrow might be the day eternity begins.

Redeem the time by putting all the effort that once you put into vice, or your occupation, and put that effort into serving the LORD, doing His work. As wives and mothers, our best efforts in serving the LORD and doing His work is to love and serve our husband, and our children. To pray for them, feed them. Make a nice home for them. Provide clean clothes and sweet scented sheets, and peaceful place to rest. THEN once we accomplish all that, you might be able to go out of the home and reach forth you hands. Or you can train your children to do that with you, by your side. Go to the needy family with a bag of groceries or clothes for a new baby, and let them carry the sack, or hand it over. Let them learn by doing. Let them begin at a young age to redeem the time. Their days, like ours are numbered.

Redeem the time by reaching out to sisters in the LORD who don't have a godly husband, who are lonely, who are tired, who are sickly, who are weak....they need you! They are your ministry. It takes only a few moments to address a card and mail it. The message contained therein isnt the big thing, it is the TIME you gave the time you REDEEMED, that means so much. Have you ever gotten the mail on a bad day and had your frown turned upside down because someone sent you a note, card or letter???? Remember how you felt??? You can make someone feel that way too.

Redeem the time....don't leave unsaid, unwritten or undone what you feel led of the LORD to say or do today. And a side-note here...many times the Holy Spirit tells us to do or say or write to _______ and we ignore him, we put it off,...we are too busy to stop. I contend ladies that much of our busyness is of our own doing, mismanaging our time (Guilty! myself) and is a tool of the devil to keep us from doing as the Holy Spirit bids us to.

I love you ladies, all of you, and pray that all of us will take stock of our life and redeem the time, for it is short.