Time is something that we talk about all the...well, Time. We can’t go through the day without wondering “What time is it?”, “Where has the time gone?”, or maybe “Am I on time?” We focus so much on time that is causes stress in our lives. Time is something we can never control. It will continue pass by no matter how well we manage it or attempt to slow it down. Today a friend of mine asked me if I was going to attend my 10 year high school reunion next year. I hesitated for a second and couldn’t believe it had already been 10 years. Throughout our time here we go through different seasons. When we are young we go to school and live the life of a child. Once that has ended we move on to the next season. For some its college, and for some its work and for others it’s a mixture. Then for most there is a long season that is life. A career and a family are usually the product of this and it flies by as your family grows and grows up. Life continues on from this point and time continues to pass. Albert Einstein once said “The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.” If life happened all at once we would we would miss out on so much. In Ecclesiastes the writer tells us there is a time for everything. “For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up. A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance. A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones. A time to embrace and a time to turn away. A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away. A time to tear and a time to mend. A time to be quiet and a time to speak. A time to love and a time to hate. A time for war and a time for peace.”
Throughout life we experience such a complex mix of emotions that all come and go during different seasons of life but those emotions make life what it is. Everything has its time. At the end of this month I will be leaving Covenant. The next season of my life is about to begin and I will be moving to San Antonio Texas. I want everyone at Covenant to know that I have enjoyed the last 2 years serving as youth pastor. I have been very blessed by the relationships that I have built here and I hope that they will be lasting ones. I appreciate the opportunity to work with your students and many of you. Once someone told me that, “Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.” Thank you so much for your TIME Covenant. I have been blessed more than I have words for. It really is true, “Time flies when you are having fun. Thank you all for everything.
In Christ,
Matt Walker
