In Time

The gift of time is given

By one who needs it not

Sometimes short, sometimes long

Measured by us to use and invest

To often wasted and lost

Not ours to have but a special gift

Suddenly here and too soon gone

Measured in seconds, minutes, hours

Merely tastes of eternity

Yet saved closely and measured

With both serious mind, and lack of care

Invested, spent and diddled away

Precious gift of time given freely

Assumed, yet to be truly treasured

Short when looked back upon in regret

Long when looked ahead in hope

Yet amply supplied to each sufficient

Always coming, yet still passing by

Past but current as the moment

Hard to hold, not to own, not ours

But solely from His Munificence

Used poorly, clouding the real

Used well as intended and given

Rewarding with clear vision back and forth

A gift to be savored and used well while here

To help, to frame our life’s work

To not keep but use well as planned

For in eternity time is no more

A model life, 33 earthly years of love

Giving us His human all until the end

In three hours His very life He’d spend

Reopening time for us to live

To join Him when our time is come

When none will matter at eternity’s door

The gift of time to us He did send

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