The Heart's Cry: Psalm 90

Psalm 90

Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Minutes
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Moments so dear
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Minutes
How Do You Measure, Measure A Year?
In Daylights, In Sunsets
In Midnights, In Cups Of Coffee
In Inches, In Miles
In Laughter, In Strife
....
How about love? Measure in Love

Seasons of Love by Jonathan Larson from the musical Rent

To an extent you could condense Psalm 90 into these lyrics, all you would have to do is add a line about God being before and after and in all things, but the main thrust of it is an understanding that physical life is finite and we need to recognize that if we are to do what we need to do. I myself have been wrestling with this issue recently, trying to come to a place where I could begin doing what I am passionate about to a larger extent and spend less time on what I am less passionate about. At first I was thinking about that job wise, but then I began to come to a simple realization, we can't all have a job that brings out our passion, if that was the case there would be much less fast food and retail establishments, which maybe wouldn't be the worst thing but would radically change our society, which again might not be the worst thing.

Since we can't all quit our passionless jobs [not saying that mine or yours are passionless] and do what makes our hearts soar, we must then begin to spend our non-work hours in a different way. We need to come to a conclusion on how best to judge our "free" time, we can spend that time freely lazing around on the couch if we so choose, or we can use that time to set us free. I'm not sure about you, but I hope to spend more of it with passion, pouring into those I love, and allowing the world to pour into me. We may get 70 or 80 or even 100 years but it is not the length of time that makes life worth living, it is how we fill up all 525,600 minutes a year, and a life lived to the full, the life that Jesus promises means using each 60 second section to the fullest extent possible, so let's start living full.

+ What about your life brings you great joy? What takes joy away from you? How can you better do the former and do less of the latter?

+ While you may not be able to just quit your job and pursue your passions how can you pursue those same passions within the confines of your current life situation?