Time

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end                                  Ecclesiastes 3:11

Does time go faster as we age? Yes, it does! And no, it doesn’t. How can that be? Well, time goes at the same pace all the time, as long as we are not approaching the speed of light, and I don’t think that we are. At least not yet.

However, our perception of time changes as we get older. Since those of us with some decades under our belt have a breadth of experience with time, time seems to go quickly. We have many years to compare the passage of time with. Younger folks have less experience with time. For instance, a year is a significant proportion of a 6-year old’s life. In fact, about 16 % of it.  

For some of us older folks, one year is only perhaps one seventieth of it, or around 1.4% of it. So, a year to a 6-year-old is a long time. For those of us in our seventies, it is a mere blip on the screen. Perhaps too, we see the passage of time differently in other ways. We feel that time may be running away from us, while a 6-year-old cannot wait until that next year is completed!

So, you get my drift. The perception of time is indeed relative. Therefore, we are encouraged to cherish each day as a gift from God. One more day he has given us to live in his amazing creation!

Prayer: Lord, help us to redeem each precious day! Amen