February 28, 2024
We’ve got a little extra February this year. In fact, we have a little extra year this year.
Leap Year doesn’t really give us any extra time. We use it to maintain a more-or-less consistent number of days in a year, since the duration of Earth’s rotation doesn’t divide evenly into the duration of Earth’s revolution around the Sun. Without a Leap Day, September would gradually (in a hundred years or so) slide back into August, changing the alignment of months and seasons.
We’re not really getting any extra time.
Still, perhaps this could encourage us to take some extra time.
In all the hustle and bustle of life, where is the time for prayer and meditation? Where is the time for Bible study and reflection? Where is the time to lay down the burdens of our spirit and receive the reassurance our God? I fear that those times, for most of us, are few and far between.
We won’t get any extra time for it, I’m afraid. Other things will have to get less time. What have you given more attention to in your life than it deserved? What can do with less of you, when your soul needs more?
No, we’re not getting any extra time this month or this year. We’ll have to reallocate our time.
Our souls will be grateful.
In peace,
Pastor Eric
