Thoughts on Calendars

From January to December so many things fill our days. A calendar is a journal of sorts, isn’t it? Recorded good things, challenges, fun times and more often than we’d like, sad times and tender memories. I thank God that my times are in His hands and I purposefully choose to make the most of what time has been given to me. As I flip through the pages of my calendar I see so many people, events and holidays to celebrate as they brush quickly through my mind. We joyfully look forward to so much and also remember many days gone by with the aid of a calendar. Calendars give vivid reminders of how fast life passes and how important it is to give our lives fully to the things that are eternally valuable. Certainly there are hair appointments, lunch with friends, errands, birthdays, anniversaries, funerals, doctor and dental appointments. Not to mention Christmas, Easter, and the 4th of July and vacations planned to give us refreshing rest and a plethora of family get-togethers. We busy ourselves with business meetings to build relationships with those who work with us, celebrate the birth of a new grandchild or the 80th birthday of a grandparent or two. Wouldn’t it be fitting to keep record of the blessings that surprise us from God’s own hand? He is so good and He has given us time. Time to love Him, learn from Him, see the beauty all around us that He created and to walk with Him as each day comes and goes. A calendar is a good thing, albeit a temporal thing, that helps us order our steps until time will be no more. Then eternity will be before us with no appointments to keep. Continual celebration and joy; joy unspeakable and full of glory… forever.