teach us to [count the days] and [make the days count]

[Life slips away just like hourglass sand]

"Life is short." This is an idea that our generation too often either ignores or doesn't understand. When you talk to elderly people one of the riding themes of stories they tell is how they wish they had known when they were younger what they know now; how they dream of being able to change something, or spend more of life doing this or that. But, they can't go back. You can never go back.

The earlier this is realized the more profitable you can be. Each decision on how you will spend your time has an eternal impact. Each decision holds a value (some more than others.) Sadly, all too often the decision that is settled on is for the mediocre, when the best could be reached! Daily we must strive for the "best" in our lives. God desires our best.

This means weeding out the things consuming your day that are not profitable. We are not reaching our full potential if we don't strive to give our best to God. Everything we do should be done as an act of worship to God.

I must always strive to do only the things that are worthwhile (eternally) and to do those things to the best of my God given abilities.