One of the readings for today March 5, 2016 in the Common Revised Lectionary as listed in the booklet Forward Day by Day is Psalm 90. At the ripe old age of 71 several verses from this Psalm strike me as important. They are verse 1, "Our Lord, in all generations you have been our home." Verses 5B and 6: "We are merely tender grass that sprouts and grows in the morning but dries up by evening." And verse 12: "Teach us to use wisely all the time we have." When these verses are strung together we can see the good advice contained in them.
In another book, Meeting Jesus on the Margins, in the section designated for this date, the author of this meditation departs from Matthew 25 (the basis for the book) and quotes Mark 10:46-52 where Jesus and His disciples meet the blind Bartimaeus. As the Gospel tells us, Bartimaeus is persistant until he gets Jesus' attention and asks to be healed of his blindness. Jesus grants his request and restores Bartimaeus' sight, "because of your faith." The Gospel further reports that, "... he (Bartimaeus) went down the road with Jesus." (v.52b)
As Followers of the Way our sight has been restored by Jesus and, like Bartimseus, we "go... down the road with Jesus..." We should also understand that in the evening we will dry up and blow away; at least in an Earthly sense, and that our walk down the road following Jesus is limited in time. What we do with that time, that time that is limited no matter our age, is of upmost importance for the sight that we have been given needs to be shared as we tread the path that follows Jesus.
(Scripture quoted from the Contemporary English Version.)
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