I thought upon the days of old: and I had in my mind the eternal years.
-Ps. 76:6.
The following are excerpts from today's reflection on time and eternity from "Lift Up Your Hearts" by Fr Lasance.
For not to hoard the golden spoil
Of earthly mines, we bow the knee -
Our labor is the saintly toil
Whose hire is Eternity.
-Gerald Griffin
All our time is given to us in order to our employing it in the service of our Maker and by that means securing for our souls a happy eternity.
The number of the days of men at the most are a hundred years: as a drop of water of the sea are they esteemed; and as a pebble of the sand, so are a few years compared to eternity.
-Eccles 18:9-10
God sees everything in eternity. It is in relation to eternity that He judges and values all things. The same should be the rule of our judgments: "I had in my mind the eternal years" (Ps. 76:6) Let us consider everything from this supernatural point of view; for this will be to judge everything according to the truth. Amidst the darkness that surrounds us and often obscures our view, eternity is like a lighthouse, always shining and sending forth a bright light for those who do not turn away their eyes.
A sacred burden is this life ye bear;
Look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly;
Stand up and walk beneath it steadfastly.
Fail not for sorrow, falter not for sin,
But onward, upward, till the goal ye win.
-Anon
