34 Days and counting!!

One of the biggest days in Annie's life is rapidly approaching. Why does it always seem that when those BIG days loom time seems to go faster, with that endless list of things to do hanging over your head like the sword of Damocles?

I know that there are no scientific laws to prove this "shifting speed" hypothesis, but doesn't it seem that way to you? It plods when you're waiting in line at the store. It flies as you have fun at the amusement park. It is light speed as you near your fifty-second birthday and never ending as you wait to get married! "Time flies" is a common expression that we all are familiar with. Yet in reality time just ticks, ceaselessly, monotonously.

One day, however, time will stop! To us, who are locked into our "time oriented" lifestyles, that is impossible to comprehend. No time, and no need for it! How will we measure our existence? It will be endless worship, perfect satisfaction, and no evil. Wow! Even so, come (quickly), Lord Jesus!

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