We are all governed by time from the moment we are born until the day we die. Most of us know our day of birth and the day of death is recorded on death certificates. Between those times everything is ruled by time. Having to be at school at a certain time, appointments and visits to the doctor needs to be spaced out and patients given an appointment time. My life at the moment is trying to get back to the parked car before the traffic warden.
In our time-driven world it is almost impossible to think of there being no time. For ever and ever is a thought alien to us. ‘A thousand ages in Your sight are like an evening gone.’ Isaac Watts. A thousand ages is like no time at all to You, Lord, even if You were governed by time. There was no beginning of time and there is no end. What an strange but joyful thought if we spend eternity with you. There will be no pain, parting or tears. I like idea that there will no sin either. It’s quite beyond our comprehension. ‘Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life. And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.’ Psalm 23:6 Wonderful!