Sitting here poised to write, I hear my office clock bonging the hour.  Yes, some of my old clocks chime melodiously, but some (this one included) simply bong.  I dutifully count the bongs; five o’clock is almost time for supper.  Do I give myself a reprieve or ask the Holy Spirit to work quickly this afternoon?  It’s hard to be creative in this time-bound state.

Yet so much of our life is bound by the hours of the clock.  Time to eat, to get up, to go to bed, to keep an appointment, to go to church.  Time to close the blinds, time to reopen them.  Do we put our worship and prayer life into our time-bound schedule?  Well, yes and no.  I would like to think I do make specific time to worship, to read my Bible devotionally, to pray.  But I would hate to think that this excludes Jesus from the my other time blocks.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18   “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”

There’s the answer – always, in all circumstances.   It’s time for prayer no matter what I’m doing.  It’s time to include Jesus in even the most mundane aspects of life.  He’s there anyway, we just have to acknowledge his presence, thank him and praise him.

Judy