on the walk

I take great delight in the spiraling nature of time.

Time is not cyclical. It does not repeat in an eternal loop. Each new day is unique and never has been or will be again. This creates a delightful pressure to make each day count for I will never get another chance at this day, and it creates a forgiving freedom to start each day fresh giving myself the opportunity to live today better than I did before. With my children, I take delight that they will never be as young as they are today, every new experience with them will unlike any in the past.

Time is not a line. There are rhythms and relationships between times, seasons, and scheduling, holidays and holy-days, create a repetition to time. This creates traditions and expectations. Last spring I forgot to plant asparagus which must be planted very early. This year I am ready to correct that mistake. In my ministry there are some programs that only work when school that I have not done yet, and here I am given another year and another summer. I did not get to rake up a big pile of leaves this year with my boys, but if the Lord tarries, I expect that I will this year.

Time is a spiral. Turning through the same circuit but never in the same place.

Let’s make godly use of this circuit.

Happy New Year

on the walk

-Ethan