This PRINCIPLE is So Important....

[Tammy Roesch]

This principle is SO important! People WASTE a few minutes here and a few minutes there, and before they know it, they have waste an hour or two a day! An hour a day adds up to 365 hours a week which is more than 2 WEEKS a year ~ WASTED, with NOTHING to show for it.

If people looked at TIME like they do at MONEY, ("take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves") they would be much more careful about how they spend their FREE TIME.

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We must turn away from a thousand topics that invite attention. There are matters that consume time and arouse inquiry, but end in nothing. The highest interests demand the close attention and energy that are so often given to comparatively insignificant things. MH 456.1

 

[Michael37]

43 minutes ago, Tammy Roesch said:

This principle is SO important! People WASTE a few minutes here and a few minutes there, and before they know it, they have waste an hour or two a day! An hour a day adds up to 365 hours a week which is more than 2 WEEKS a year ~ WASTED, with NOTHING to show for it.

If people looked at TIME like they do at MONEY, ("take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves") they would be much more careful about how they spend their FREE TIME.

 

Your quote reference MH 456.1 in full

The Ministry of Healing, by Ellen G. White. Chapter 38 .

Readers may be interested to know you post from a SDA perspective.

[BibleStudent100]

1 hour ago, Tammy Roesch said:

People WASTE a few minutes here and a few minutes there, and before they know it, they have waste an hour or two a day!

So true Tammy!  I try very hard to utilize my minutes for the Lord.  Of course, I have to work and spend time with our pets and my wife, along with home maintenance projects, BUT, I have found that I can spend an inordinate amount of time following the election news, in all its minute details, and this is really a distraction fomented by the Great Opposer.  My favorite verse is 1 Corinthians 15:58: "...always have plenty to do in the work of the Lord."  Over the years, I have not always followed this advice, but I endeavor to!

[Tammy Roesch]

23 minutes ago, BibleStudent100 said:

So true Tammy!  I try very hard to utilize my minutes for the Lord.  Of course, I have to work and spend time with our pets and my wife, along with home maintenance projects, BUT, I have found that I can spend an inordinate amount of time following the election news, in all its minute details, and this is really a distraction fomented by the Great Opposer.  My favorite verse is 1 Corinthians 15:58: "...always have plenty to do in the work of the Lord."  Over the years, I have not always followed this advice, but I endeavor to!

That is exactly how I have felt....I was pretty wrapped up in the election, too...I pray I have learned a good lesson that there is no sense spending much time on issues that we can't do anything about and especially because the media is so biased, you hardy know what is true and what is not true!  But when we read the WORD, we have no doubt that it's ALL TRUE and time WELL SPENT!

[Tammy Roesch]

54 minutes ago, Michael37 said:

Your quote reference MH 456.1 in full

The Ministry of Healing, by Ellen G. White. Chapter 38 .

Readers may be interested to know you post from a SDA perspective.

Do you find this perspective not a Biblical perspective?

[Leonardo Von]

10 hours ago, Tammy Roesch said:

This principle is SO important! People WASTE a few minutes here and a few minutes there, and before they know it, they have waste an hour or two a day! An hour a day adds up to 365 hours a week which is more than 2 WEEKS a year ~ WASTED, with NOTHING to show for it.

If people looked at TIME like they do at MONEY, ("take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves") they would be much more careful about how they spend their FREE TIME.

I agree. As Paul said, we need to redeem the time:

• Eph 5:15-17 -> "See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.".
• Col 4:5  -> "Walk in wisdom toward those on the outside, redeeming the time."

[Sower]

1 hour ago, Chicken coop2 said:

@Sower. I got two thumbs up for the same post and they were both from you. It's a miraculous sign.

Be careful what you say...

 Yeah, even the worthy software popped up and had a hissy fit trying to explain what happened.
It said it couldn't complete my request. I decided to leave it alone, a sorta, 'one of a kind'......
Your sense of humor, coop, is a couple of generations beyond my own.
I wish I could be a part, but most times the dialog spikes memories of my 6th grade, when I was always in/causing trouble.
My humor is a little more the dry type, causing pause, reflection. Not criticizing, just explaining.
I appreciate your post here. I enjoy the time the Lord gives me each day, and tell him so each day, every day.
I enjoy 'wasting time' upon myself. Heresy, yeah. I'm still in business, working 6 days/wk, and like an old mule, needs
to take a blow more often. My time is between me and the Lord. This is the day the Lord hath made   rejoice-be glad!!

PS, somebody needs to ban avatars that wiggle, jumps, runs, shakes, moves or distracts attention.
Or give each member an ability to disable it. What do you think, coop........

Thanks for the timely post, brother..

[Raven]

Our soul yearns to be with God (Truth).

Every time we (our thoughts and actions) wonder away from what is true, our soul is confined and yearning.

Every time we are open to the truth, our soul is given space to move with joy; refreshed with Light and Living Water.

In this regard, how much time do we truly spend remaining open-hearted.

[Arrabon]

@Tammy Roesch

For myself, I find that following Jeremiah 29: 11-14, "for I know the plans I have for you declares the lord, plans for good and not evil, for a future and a hope," works well for me.

God has plans for my life and so I don't have to create ways to serve God and His children. 

I have found that God will bring to me people to share the gospel with, and he will bring ministries to me without lifting a finger, or spending my time trying to figure out what to do for God, I just pray, and that's just how it works for me with God, for over 40 years.

Nothing I ever tried to do to serve God ever worked out, but if I was patient and waited on the Lord, God always provided people and ministries.

I have found in my life, that God knows who needs to hear His message, and he knows what ministries will touch peoples lives, and who's lives could be changed.

But again that's just what works between God and I.

For me, there are no rules to follow. Just wait on God, and let the Holy Spirit lead me in the way I should go, living my life from day to day enjoying the life God has given me. "I JUST LOVE IT".

Psalm 27:14
"Wait for the Lord;
Be strong and let your heart take courage;
Yes, wait for the Lord."

Psalm 37:7
"Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him;"

Psalm 130:5
"I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait,
And in His word do I hope."

 

 

Edited July 10, 2021 by Arrabon

[Michael37]

13 hours ago, Tammy Roesch said:

Do you find this perspective not a Biblical perspective?

Obviously the Bible doesn't condone time wasting, idleness, slothfulness, laziness, etc.

Mat 25:21  His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' 

Rom 12:11  Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
 

However, Ellen White and SDA's do espouse some things that are not biblical, in ways that have been described as legalistic, and discussions about this may or may not be a waste of time, but they do take place on this forum.