REDEEM THE TIME

It was just few days before my 40^th birthday, this thought was passing by my mind : “Wow, this would be my last days of being in the late 30^th” – “hari terakhir berumur 30~an”.

That is not related to the achievement or any of things I’ve done in life but more to what I could not do well in life and I was enforced to redeem my time. Yes, redeem my time. Our most precious natural asset is TIME.  Redeeming the time is not just working harder, but rather it is giving GOD our time and operating it in faith.

Time is important.  Time is something I think I wish I had more of it, more time to sleep, more time to read, more time to eat, more time to be with my beautiful Kiki, more time with God, more time to chat with friends, more time to practice and gain a healthy life, well, simply just more time.

I don’t agree with the term of “time management” because it is not the time that we manage but ourselves as every one on this earth granted with 24 hours a day, none is exceptional. I find myself making the time excuse about exercise, because deep down I really don't want to exercise. Do we sometimes make the "time" excuse because “there is no time” is actually something we deep down don't want to do?  I don't do them because quite frankly I didn't feel like it.

Sometimes however, we do find ourselves in busy times of life where we really can't break away.  As you wake up and walk out the door to work and don't end until you got home and hit the pillow. Yet, God has been so gracious to me and I have still been able to read, write and continue doing things in what so called ---me time----.

Redeeming time, buying up those moments which others seem to throw away, steadily improving every present moment, that we may, in some measure, regain the time we have lost, therefore, buy up the time.

Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom (Psalm 90:12)

I've been learning that being serious toward life itself is enough for me. I just need to fulfill my tasks on daily basis faithfully, knowing that I've done every one of it to my utmost, and I leave the rest to God.

Making the most of your time, because the days are evil (Ephesians 5:16)