The Gift of Time

“The greatest gift you can give someone is your time. Because when you give your time, you are giving a portion of your life that you will never get back” Unknown.

 “A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

SON: ’Daddy, may I ask you a question?’

DAD: ‘Yeah sure, what it is?’ replied the man.

SON: ’Daddy, how much do you make an hour?’

DAD: ’That’s none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?’ the man said angrily.

SON: ’I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?’

DAD: ’If you must know, I make $50 an hour.’

SON: ’Oh,’ the little boy replied, with his head down.

SON: ’May I please borrow $25?’

The father was furious, ‘If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don’t work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.’
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.

The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy’s questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down and started to think:

Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $25.00 and he really didn’t ask for money very often The man went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door.

‘Are you asleep, son?’ He asked.

‘No daddy, I’m awake,’ replied the boy.

‘I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier’ said the man. ‘It’s been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here’s the $25 you asked for.’

The little boy sat straight up, smiling. ‘Oh, thank you daddy!’ he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.

The man saw that the boy already had money and started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.

‘Why do you want more money if you already have some?’ the father grumbled.

‘Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,’ the little boy replied.

‘Daddy, I have $50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.’

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness.” ~ Unknown

You see ladies; time is not something that you can ever get back because it is not unlimited. Unlike money you can never get back your time therefore when you give it to someone they are more likely to remember it even more than the money or a gift you gave them, especially if you have a busy schedule.

As women it is usually very important that our spouses spend quality time with us. A woman is usually more interested in her man spending time with her, even more than him providing for her every need. As seen in the story above children also value the time that their parents spend with them even though that time might have been spent at work making money to provide for them.

Ladies today, make a decision to give your time to someone whether it is time spent listening to someone, encouraging someone, ministering to someone or visiting someone. Spend some time with your spouse and your children. It will surely be appreciated.

Also remember to spend some time with God as well, this time will prepare you and give you the strength needed to give the gift of time to someone else.

Have A God Filled Day Ladies

Let’s Pray

Lord thank you for the gift of time, forgive us for not giving some of it back to you.  Help us to share it with someone today even though it seems like there is not enough time in the day.

In Jesus Name

Amen