our days are like a fleeting shadow.....

Time is so precious -- time with our families, our children, our parents, our friends, as well as our brothers and sisters in Christ. You realize that even more when time runs out with loved ones. How and where we place our time is important. Once it's gone, it can't be reclaimed. So as you begin each day, ask God that you will be able to "know the time," to see it for what it is and to use it for its greatest good. Time passes quickly, and like the shadows of early evening, it's not long before it is absorbed into the gathering darkness of night.

Eternal God, please give me the wisdom to use the time given me today to do what is best, right, good, and profitable. I want to invest my time in what is truly enduring. Please help me use my time to influence and to bless all those with whom I interact so that they are brought closer to you. Help me to cherish time. Help me to comfort my sister and family as we go through an unbearable loss. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.