Week 15 Psalm 90
Today I’m thinking about yesterday: Numbering My Days. Wondering what-all’s involved.
For one it’s useful to think of my days as a resource. Days are doled-out to me one-by-one. Each one mine…almost by magic.
But for two I realize my days are limited. I have a top-end number – my Total Day Limit. Terminal & non-renewable.
For three I think about what ‘best use of my day’ means concretely. I start by thinking about definite things. Things to do in the next 12 hours.
But for four I have to convert my hypothetical ‘best use of my day’ list into do-able actions. (For instance if a ‘best use of my time’ idea is to help someone in-need then I have to convert the idea into action that actually helps someone.)
For five I have to realize that this is a combination exercise: a) ‘what best-use actions do I value most?’ But then also b) ‘what does the Lord value most?’
For six – and this is a tricky one – I keep in mind that the objective of numbering my days isn’t just to do things. It’s to gradually ‘gain wisdom’. I’m Numbering-My-Days – Okay. But Wisdom Acquisition is the top-end outcome of ‘numbering my days’.
For seven I’ll be doing a cross-checking exercise. Trying to be sure my do-able actions are aimed in the general direction of wisdom-building / wisdom-finding.
If lack of wisdom is what’s behind all my unnumbered-days & wasted-time then chasing down wisdom is my Objective #1.