Life moves in a straight line. Ever moving forward at a relentless pace. Despite our strongest desires to slow it down or to “hit the pause button” it still progresses.
Life moves in a circle. There are abundant testimonies of life “coming back around”. When life makes its circle the familiarity greets us like an old friend. We even sometimes respond to it as if it were always present.
This casual and broad observation of life holds a vivid dichotomy. It might even be considered a paradox. Life moves forward in a line and at the same time comes back to us in a full circle. This brings two songs to mind.
In their 1977 hit “Fly Like an Eagle” the Steve Miller Band recorded a motif in the song that almost morphs into a mantra:
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin', into the future.
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin', into the future.
In the movie “The Lion King” the song “Circle of Life” offers another perspective of life and time:
It's the Circle of Life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the Circle
The Circle of Life
Any songs come to mind for you?
Why thoughts on life and time? Because it is a common thread of our human existence. Absence of other things can be claimed. However, we each live and live in time. The quality of life and time might be debated but its presence is certain.
This is common ground for us to establish with each other. With common ground established I compose a charge. May we be compelled to surrender to our Creator, the maker of life and time, the valuable resources of our life and time. Then, as “time keeps on slippin’ into the future” we will be lead in His Lordship on “the path unwinding”
Life moves in a circle. There are abundant testimonies of life “coming back around”. When life makes its circle the familiarity greets us like an old friend. We even sometimes respond to it as if it were always present.
This casual and broad observation of life holds a vivid dichotomy. It might even be considered a paradox. Life moves forward in a line and at the same time comes back to us in a full circle. This brings two songs to mind.
In their 1977 hit “Fly Like an Eagle” the Steve Miller Band recorded a motif in the song that almost morphs into a mantra:
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin', into the future.
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin', into the future.
In the movie “The Lion King” the song “Circle of Life” offers another perspective of life and time:
It's the Circle of Life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the Circle
The Circle of Life
Any songs come to mind for you?
Why thoughts on life and time? Because it is a common thread of our human existence. Absence of other things can be claimed. However, we each live and live in time. The quality of life and time might be debated but its presence is certain.
This is common ground for us to establish with each other. With common ground established I compose a charge. May we be compelled to surrender to our Creator, the maker of life and time, the valuable resources of our life and time. Then, as “time keeps on slippin’ into the future” we will be lead in His Lordship on “the path unwinding”
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