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Mind The Time, Please! Part II

——— A Message To Christian Women ———

Life provides no blueprint on how time is to be used; however, some practical tips may be helpful to make our lives more meaningful and to help us become accountable for the time we have been given. One such tip is the attitude of prioritizing. To manage life’s competing interests, we must learn to give our time to things, people and situations in order of importance. That is the only way we can be accountable for our time, and also find meaning and purpose to our lives.

You may say: “It is easy for you to talk of giving priority to the important things, (including time spent with, and in the service of God), because: 

“You do not know my struggles, my issues, my problems”; “you don’t know from where I have to travel each morning to go to earn a living”; “you do not know my responsibilities, the little children I have had in succession and their demands upon me”; “you don’t know that I am a single mother, saddled with keeping my home on a low budget, without help, and doing everything by myself”; “you do not know how demanding my work is, such that unless I work twenty out of twenty-four hours, my exacting boss will never be satisfied with my output”

“you do not know how much time I need to put in to avoid failing my exams”.

In short, you may say: “it is good for you to say what you like; you do not know my peculiar problems”.

Dear Lady, I have news for you: “Nowhere Cool”. Everybody has issues. The problem is not that the 24 hours allotted to everyone are not sufficient for you to live meaningfully and be accountable for how profitably you use your time, but that you live according to your priorities which may not be helping you. 

Take the example of a lady with any of the issues aforesaid, perhaps, a single parent of three small children. In spite of her many problems and issues, does she ever find time to chat either by phone or WhatsApp, Facebook, or other social media? Does she never attend a funeral of somebody she is not related to, or a wedding, engagement, outdooring or birthday party of a friend, relative or mere acquaintance just because everyone else is going? Does she find time to visit with friends and relatives? Does she find time to watch a movie like the telenovelas, a Ghanaian or Nigerian movie? Does she find time to discuss someone else’s business? 

If she finds time to do any or all of these, could we not then say that within the constraints of her life and her countless problems, she does have time for the things that matter to her? 

It is a matter of prioritizing. In this noisy business of life, what do you aspire to be, or to have? A family life complete with husband and children? A good career? Possessions that satisfy your need for comfort and/or speak of status or achievement? 

While some or all of these may be legitimate aspirations, be careful that you go after them properly prioritizing, choosing things that have greater significance to which you may give more of your time. 

So what matters to you?  Jesus said: “…for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21). 

Where is your heart? 

Let your priorities line up with what will achieve for you eternal significance!

Girl, “Consider the path of your feet, and take only steps that are firm!” (Proverbs 4:26).

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