This little piggy part 2

Today we continue what we started last week. Stewardship. Today we will look at the topic of time.

Everyday we are given 86,400 seconds that can never be replaced nor be reused. We only have one chance to use today, then its gone.

I saw a survey that few people would pay much attention to. It was taken of people 95 years and older.

They were asked one question. It was an open-ended question. They could answer however they wished. There was no religious connection to it, no anticipated response; all they had to do was answer this one question.

The question was: “If you could live life over again, what would you do differently?”
Here are the three most frequent responses.

1. I would reflect more
2. I would risk more
3. I would do more things that would live on after I’m gone.

Did you notice it was not…“I would work more”, or “I would make more money”, or “I would have a bigger house”. Instead, after looking back over the years they had lived, they wished they had spent more of their time doing something that was worthwhile, something with more meaning.

Studies show that in the average American lifetime…we sleep 23 years, work 16 years, watch TV 8 years, eat 6 years, travel 6 years, relax 4.5 years, are sick 4 years, and spend 2 years getting dressed.

Researchers say that by the time a person reaches 20 they will have watched 20,000 hours of TV, and then will watch 10,000 hours every decade after that.

Did you know that in 5,000 hours you could earn a bachelors degree? In 10,000 hours you could become an engineer. In 10,000 hours you could walk around the world if you wanted to and still have time left over to write a book about the adventure.

Do you want to know what I think is the best use of our time? I can actually think of several that are important…family, education or career. But the best use of our time is developing our relationship with God.

If we would just spend 5-10 minutes a day reading our Bibles, we could read through the entire Bible in the next year. If we would allow what we read to penetrate our lives, Iola (or wherever you live) would be a much better place to live and to raise a family.
Spending time with God and doing what he wants is the best way to use our time wisely. It doesn’t matter if you are a pig farmer, teacher, businessman or even a preacher.