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| One of the most irreplaceable, valuable things we posses is our time. We cannot go out and buy more time, we cannot go into the kitchen and whip up a couple of extra hours.
And yet time is one of the things we squander the most easily. We waste time, we spend time doing things that sap our energy. If someone asked you to give them money, you might decline, but when they ask you for your time , how do you respond?
There's nothing wrong with giving someone your time, but I have often been sucked into commitments I should have avoided by thinking well, it's only a few hours of my time. I forgot time is a pearl of a great price.
This odd saying of Jesus forces us to consider; what are the holy things I possess? What are my pearls the things I value most, the things that are rare and precious to me?
Matthew 7:6 Don't give holy things to dogs, and don't throw your pearls in front of pigs. They will stomp on the pearls, then turn around and attack you.
My stuff not holy. My possessions are not my pearls. But the hours I have each day , these are precious. As our parents and children get older, I realize I do not get these days to do over. When other people try to demand those pearls from me, sometimes the most holy thing I can do is refuse.
One of the most countercultural ways I spend time with my family is take a weekly Sabbath. The Bible tells us the Sabbath is to be kept holy. Those precious hours, when I set aside my work and busyness to focus on my relationships with God and my family. they are the pearls. In order to protect them, I sometimes have to say not to others. I think Jesus would approve.
What do you need to say not in order to protect the holy things in your life? Think particularly of your schedule have your thrown your pearls before pigs?
HAVE A VERY BLESSED TUESDAY.
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