I think I was in my late 20s when I first understood the true value of time. I had an interesting job, and I spent the bulk of my waking hours working. I didn’t seem to have time for anything else. Then I remember hearing someone say, “Time is more valuable than money because you can get more money, but you will never get more time.” That really hit home for me then, and I still think about it now.

I was spending all my time getting more money. I didn’t understand that what I was giving away was more valuable. It was like giving my diamonds in exchange for some glitter.

Don’t get me wrong. I know I need money to get by around here. But it doesn’t need to be my priority. God promises to meet my needs if I make love my priority instead.

“This is how we have come to know love: [Jesus] laid down his life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.” (1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭16,‬ ‭CSB‬‬)

My life can be measured out in a finite set of minutes. I don’t know how many it will be, but God has ideas for them all. When I choose to spend those minutes loving people (instead of seeking after success, wealth, comfort, or fame), He reveals His plans for a new, beautiful life with infinite minutes. This is His gift to all who accept it.

Dear God, thank you for your beautiful and underserved gift of infinite minutes in a new life. Remind me that my minutes here in this life are precious and few but all belong to you. Teach me how to spend them as you desire.