There are certain constants in the natural world, like gravity, distance, pi, time and a bunch of other scientific "givens". We may think that we can control the rate a body free-falls, or the distance around a quarter-mile track, or the passage of a minute or an hour or the time between birthdays, but we are powerless to alter the unalterable. We use the expression, "time flies" or it "seems to last forever" when referring to how we perceive the way time passes. Yesterday it seemed that it took much longer to return from Berryville to our motor home, but the distance was the same, the speed we traveled was close to previous trips, and when we did arrive we were home earlier than usual. How do we explain that?
And, today while talking to Kent, he mentioned that yesterday seemed to go on forever, and some of the tasks he set out to do were completed and yet there was time "left over" and it was too early to go to sleep when he thought it was already past his normal bed time. Did God make the day "longer", allow us more time to relax and allow Kent more time to do more work?
Today I kept looking at the task I had set out to do, thought it might be completed by 4pm but was still at it at 7:00. Somehow, I had the stamina needed, the materials needed and the desire to finish the task before a performance day tomorrow, when I would not be able to complete any of the of the work I didn't complete today. God knows what needs to be done, knows the time needed and the right people to "git er done". Yes, there are constants, but God is the ultimate Constant and what He controls, He controls in every detail. Quite a journey we're on, isn't it? Glad we're on the journey with The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit.
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