![]() So my friend doesn’t know whether he is living or dying or both. They planned to do a bone marrow transplant but they won’t unless the cancer does come back, which it probably will but they can’t be sure. I spoke with a friend whose cancer is in remission, but the doctors told him that his cancer would almost certainly come back. How much time do you have left? No one knows for sure. In a world where most of us feel stressed out, we value our free time more than a few extra dollars in our pocket. People will spend money to save time whereas an earlier generation raised during the Depression would spend time to save money. Researchers tell us that time is the new currency. At lest half the people had cell phones clued to their faces, and some people who appeared to be talking to themselves had a Bluetooth for hands-free conversation. I was struck by something that wouldn’t have been true fifteen years ago. Not long ago, while waiting at an airport for my flight to leave, I decided to study the faces of the people hurrying past me. All to ensure that he stayed on schedule and didn’t miss any important messages. And in case his phone didn’t work, he had a beeper and a pager attached to his belt. I ate lunch with a man who put his cell phone on the table beside him when we sat down at the restaurant. Lots of people keep a Daytimer nearby so their can keep track of their appointments and responsibilities. ![]() Many of us have Blackberries or Palm Pilots or some other high-tech computerized personal assistant. We have digital clocks in our car and alarm clocks on our nightstands. We wear wristwatches with quarter-hour beepers to keep us on schedule. ![]() “This is all the more urgent, for you know how late it is time is running out” (Romans 13:11 NLT).Īll of us are slaves to time.
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