ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH
(The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod)
Alma, Kansas
A family united by faith in Christ gathering around God's Word and Sacraments.
To reach out in Christ-like concern and Christ-borne love to each other and to those without Christ!
In This Month's
St. John Witness
JANUARY WITNESS
Pastor's Message
"I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart.” Ecclesiastes 3:10-11
“When you kill time, it has no resurrection!”
During 70 years of life, you can break down the amount of time that one spends in various tasks, duties, and pleasantries. An average person spends:
24 years sleeping
14 years working
8 years in amusements
6 years eating
5 years in transport
4 years in conversations
3 years at school in education
2 years in reading or study
2 years cleaning
The other four years were spent in other pursuits. Time on the phone or internet were included into the other categories, but have become substantial in themselves.
If a person spent one hour in church on Sunday, and five minutes a day in prayer, it would add up to an unimpressive total of six months given to God over the course of those 70 years. Even if a person would attend Sunday School and three services each week, there would only have been only one year and nine months at church.
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“Teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Psalm 90:12
The New Year often gives us reason to reflect upon our use of time. Resolutions and reflections not only make us aware of our habits, but also encourage us to plan for godly use of time.
God understands time, and, in fact, has used it to bless us. He sent forth Jesus Christ into our world as part of human history. This is the most astounding truth: “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.” (Gal. 4:4)
Yet, time as we know it will not continue forever. There be an end to time, and we call this, the Last Day, or Judgment Day. Jesus will return to gather his saints and bless them with glory in heaven, when he raises all the dead, and in that resurrection, joins waiting souls with resurrected bodies. God bless your time this year!
Read your Bible!
Pastor Grimm
