Many of us have noticed that the older we get, the more time flies. But, to a child, time seems to creep. I am convinced that this is a perception in our minds based on how each block of time compares with the totality of our own experience. A young child has very little experience against which to measure each segment of time. Therefore time seems longer. We who have considerably more years are only too aware of how rapidly time rushes by. Now, compare your lifetime with the age of the universe. Cosmologists say the universe is more than 16 billion years old. Consider that God is before all and is eternal. The psalmist wrote: “You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight. Surely everyone stands as a mere breath.” (Psalm 39:5 NSRV) There are some things that happen in our lives that are so fleeting we aren’t even sure what we observed. Our lives are more fleeting than that compared against the existence of God. Yet, remarkably, God not only takes notice but is actively involved.
