Time passes away at an equal rate. Each day the seconds tick and the minute or the hour advances to a point of ticking up. As the numbers tick up a new line is drawn in the sand. A line not too far away – one that we approach with constant and consistent speed. Recently, the number of my age ticked up a digit drawing me ever closer to the edge of the dark water. It is unclear how many lines there are remaining between here and there.

The concept of time is preoccupying, but what if we could somehow lift the framework up and away? What would life be like then? Some societies did not have a true concept of time (google: “society without time” for some interesting reads). Just as interesting, but even more helpful is something I read yesterday (November 9 around 5pm) as I sat in a religious service. The time and date will be ironic for some of my friends in the Bahamas. The scripture was Psalms 90. Here are the verses which spoke to me most and may help provide some comfort to those in need of it:

10: The span of our life is 70 years, or 80 if one is especially strong. But they are filled with trouble and sorrow; they quickly pass by, and away we fly.

12: Teach us how to count our days so that we may acquire a heart of wisdom.

14: Satisfy us with your loyal love in the morning, so that we may shout joyfully and rejoice during all our days.

15: Make us rejoice in proportion to the days you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have experienced calamity.

16: May your servants see your activity, and may their sons see your splendor.