DAILY?READINGS: Gen. 3; Job 4-5; Matt. 3
My days are swifter than a weavers shuttle. Job 7:6
An English church leader publicized the merits of a slower pace of life by handing out egg timers at a busy railway station. He asked passers-by to accept “a gift of time” and to spend three minutes a day in quiet contemplation. Many people did not even have the time to stop, let alone accept. Many Christians are living frantically busy lives too. Can we slow down and spend even a few minutes a day in contemplation? To thank God for our blessings. To pray for wisdom and help. To pray for the preacher and the teacher and for saints in need. To read a short portion of God’s Word and to meditate on it. Let the shuttle slow down and take time to be holy. —Brian Powlesland
Take time to be holy, speak oft with thy Lord;
Abide in Him always, and feed on His word. —Ira D. Sankey