Time Consuming

I did not realize last night how much time I spent working on the blog (changing the background, adding pages, etc) until I went to read to L as part of our bedtime routine. Time just slips away from me when I sit in front of this rectangular screen. Facebook, the blog, email, and research of things to do in homeschool can take hours out of my day. Then I reflect on the time I used to spend on the computer because I know that I've cut back some. However, I know a lot of my time could be better spent - studying God's Word, playing with the kids, being with Glen, etc. Yet there is a need for me to be on the computer - it is my current hobby. I've quilted, scrapbooked, made crafts, and other hobbies. Each occurs in a different season of my life. I still like all those things, yet have been showing preference for the computer. Glen is still waiting for our tenth anniversary present - a quilt that I started in 1996. Here we are married 19 years and it's not finished - maybe this winter it will get done. :)

Time is such a precious commodity. Ecclesiastes 3:9-14 states "What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on men. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God. I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him."

God gives me time to use and to glorify Him. How have I been using that time? Have I been focused on Him? Have I sought His glory in all that I do? I know that I can do more for His kingdom than I already am. I am thankful for God's work in my life and that His time is perfect!