If I could change the face of time,
I would change the face that made it mine.
I would go back hours and hours gone by,
I would chase the minutes, that made it fly.
I would see how it was different and how it was the same,
I would cherish every moment,
And use the opportunities that came.
I would find all of the wrong, and work it for right,
I would go all the way to fight out every fight.
I would take all that was bad and somehow make it good,
I would see all the seasons that I know I should.
I would strive on with courage and never face defeat,
I would not look back longing or run back in retreat.
I would conquer every pitfall,
That seemed to pull me down,
I would reach for all that lifts me, to take away my frowns.
But, change is not allowed in this speeding course of time,
With all it’s highs and lows, and experiences of mine.
I can only take the lessons it never fails to give,
And make my time here better, in this world that I live.
Wendi Maddox
Author’s Look ~
I wrote this when I was in my 30’s, and it is apparent that already at that time in my life, I was hyper aware of hindsight being 20/20. I could also see, that it was not a luxury to live by, but lessons to grow on. More years down the road now, I’m not even sure that I would experiment with going back and changing anything. For, time has continued to teach me . . . appreciation for the moment. And each moment with each decision work hand in hand to build what daily is evolving to be me. God made me an individual, unlike anyone else, and He gave me the precious gift of life, so full of Time and opportunities to spend it.
Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present. -Bil Keane
God created time, but cannot be measured inside the dimensions of time, although we try. Our humanity likes to place Him within the perimeters of what we can measure. It’s our present, not His. May we use it wisely.
2 Peter 3:8 . . . But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.