Teach us to number our days

The Lord has been teaching me some amazing things and I apologize for not updating my blog. I miss it's accountability and opportunity for reflection.

Today I read Psalm 89 and 90 and Romans 14. All of Romans just takes my breath away with the knowledge there. I think before I start my next go around of reading the bible in a year I may just take some time to really study Romans more in depth. But that's not what I want to write about today. Today the Lord is calling to my attention a verse from the Psalms:

Psalm 90:12 "Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom."

There was a story in the news yesterday of an elementary school principal who went to go check on his children in the morning and collapsed in the hallway and now is gone. Our days are numbered and we don't know how many we will get. What we do know is that life is fleeting. The older I get the more I sense it's quick passing.

I read a book this summer called "Don't Waste Your Life" which basically asks if how we are living is maximizing the time we have on this earth for God's glory. Am I wasting my life? Do I realize that I don't have unlimited time to make an impact for his kingdom? Have I been a good and faithful servant, making the most of the gifts that He has given me?

In real estate we talk a lot about setting and hitting goals. I don't know that I want to set numeric goals, but I can take time to just think and pray about what else I could be doing. As New Years Resolutions approach, I'm resolving to ask the Lord to place on my heart what He wants my resolutions to be, what my goals should be, how to not waste my life. Give me a heart of wisdom.