We observed time-change Sunday again yesterday. I\u2019ve been doing this twice a year for fifty years, and I still can\u2019t remember which way to change my clock. Do I fall backward or forward? Do I spring up or down? I occasionally just wait till later on Sunday morning to see what my computer has done with the time The first time I observed this change was in 1966, and I was Pastor of a small, rural church in deep East Texas, while completing my Seminary degree. The deacons voted not to change their clocks, concluding, \u201cThe guvment has no business messin\u2019 with God\u2019s time.\u201d I laughed. Five decades later, I agree. The writer of Ecclesiastes said there was, \u201cA time for every purpose under heaven\u201d (Ecclesiastes 3:1). but I\u2019m not sure he meant there was a time to mess with time. Paul twice wrote that we should be \u201cRedeeming the time\u201d (Ephesians 5:16; Colossians 4:5). I want to do that, but it\u2019s hard to redeem the time, when I don\u2019t know what time it is. So leave my clock alone. It\u2019s OK if it gets dark too early or stays daylight too long. I\u2019ll adjust. And in the process, I\u2019ll redeem the time. Whatever time it is on your clock, are you redeeming it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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