24 Hour Life.

Dr. Leslie Weatherhead calculated the average length of a life using the hours of one day to illustrate the importance of recognizing the value of time. He concluded that if your age is 15, the time is 10:25 a.m. If your age is 20, the time is 11:34. If your age is 25, the time is 12:42 p.m. If you’re 30, the time is 1:51. If you’re 35, the time is 3:00. If you’re 40 the time is 4:08. At age 45, the time is 5:15. If you’re 50, the time is 6:25. By age 55, the time is 7:24. If you’re 60, the time is 8:42. If you’re 65, the time is 9:51. And if you you’re 70 the time is 11 p.m.

Psalm 90:12 reminds us, “Teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom” (NKJV). Or as the Living Bible puts it, “Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are; help us to spend them as we should.”

It’s a pretty scary depiction of life but it does bring into perspective the almost futility of it all. The fact is we can’t stop the clock and though not wishing to be a doomsayer on this bleak mid winter day here in Northern Europe but it’s a fact. I can’t beat the clock I can’t stop it so I’m going to make the most of the time till midnight. If Heaven above does want me to play into extra time then I’m ready for that extra half hour. By then if it goes into penalties so long as England aren’t taking them I’m ok and ready to take my chance.

Meantime I can’t stop thinking about that James Webb telescope , up there now nearly 1 million miles away looking back in time. Having said that I do wonder what time it is on the clock called Mankind. Now there’s something to think about on this bleak mid winter day from Northern Europe. To do that of course you will need a Grandfather Clock ( ha ha ).