A graduate student may have  helped to solve the problem of oversleeping. For an industrial design course, 26 year old Gauri Nanda created “Clocky”, a foam covered alarm clock with wheels, which runs away and hides before you can hit the snooze button. A circuit board instructs small motors to move randomly so that the clock ends up in a new place every day. Before you can turn it off, you have to get out of bed and find it.

Whether we rise early or stay in bed, we are being carried along by the mysterious force called time.

Each day, a fresh awareness of the shortness of life can encourage our trust in God. The psalmist wrote: “Lord, make me to know my end, and what is the measure of my days, that I may know how frail I am. . . . Certainly every man at his best state is but vapour. . . . And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You” (Ps. 39:4-5,7).

What do we need to accomplish today? Perhaps we need to begin an essential task, address a lingering issue or work to restore a valuable relationship before we fall asleep and need to be awakened again.

Life is short but our God is strong.

Our days are short,so let God use them well.

Author

David C. McCasland

Topics

Our Daily Bread