Pilgrim's Door

Enough Time

Posted on 21. Dec, 2010 by Katherine Martinez.

I just saw the sun rise—further south on the horizon than any sunrise of 2010. 4:48 pm, the sun will set—earlier and further south than any evening in 2010. Tomorrow, the sun moves one click north for rising and setting, and tomorrow is a few moments longer than today.

Winter solstice, shortest day of the year, reminds me that we don’t have time.

I remember where I was when I realized that the adage, you have time, is false. Was sitting in Gates auditorium in Denver, listening to a good writer dispel the myth. She said, “If you think you have time, You’re wrong. You don’t.”

We don’t have time because… Time is God’s, not ours. Time is fleeting; it disappears. Time is uncertain; we don’t know where we will be or what we’ll be doing next. We have no idea how much time is left.

Is time short? Nope. Time is simply unknown and unowned. It’s not ours; it’s God’s.

Sounds scary, but not really. We have now. Now is enough, and there’s always enough time.

This Prayer for Grace from the Book of Common prayer helps me every day:

Lord God, almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought me in safety to this new day: Preserve me with your mighty power, that I may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by adversity; and in all I do direct me to the fulfilling of your purpose; through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen.†

Have a blessed shortest day of the year. If there’s enough time today, there is always enough.

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