The Undefeated Adversary… Never Enough Time
0We all know the sound… I can’t fully articulate in a manner that will adequately convey it, but when we hear it, we just KNOW. Let me try… it goes something like this, ” Do doooo doo do dooo doo do dooO doOO DOOO DOOO!” See, I told you that it is hard. That was my attempt at using words to describe the sound of the music speeding up as Mario’s time begins running out at the end of a level. You are welcome to try yourself… I promise it is harder than it looks. But as soon as I mentioned it, you could hear it in your head, right? That horrible sound of time running out in a game, made most famous by the timer reaching one hundred ticks and counting in the original Super Mario Brothers game on NES. In that moment everything shifts as we become fiercely aware of a countdown that shifts the entire mood of the game.
Join us as we explore the undefeated adversary for all of us and a struggle I grapple with each and every day... my perception that there is just never enough time. There will always be distractions, detours, unavoidable obstacles, and self-inflicted challenges that we will face as we press forward to make that final jump… and the path to get there as well as how our unique endgame looks will be different and personalized for each of us. Let’s be intentional with the time we have and invest it with a renewed sense of purpose… let’s serve others in love, pray for them with purpose, seek the Lord with intensity, and leave a legacy that will point others towards Him long after we are gone. And if we have less time on the clock remaining than we would prefer, remember that it is those actions we take at the end of the game that have the greatest resonance and often matter the most.
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