{"id":7292,"date":"2013-01-09T16:46:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T16:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=7292"},"modified":"2013-01-09T16:46:29","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T16:46:29","slug":"precious-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=7292","title":{"rendered":"Precious time……"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I will be in airports all day today, getting in home around 10:00 p.m. this evening. Days in airports could be the biggest waste of time in your life, but it doesn’t have to be. \u00a0One bad thing about our lives today, is they are jam packed with have-to-do lists! \u00a0When you’re stuck in an airport you have to find things to do until your plane leaves. \u00a0It offers up time for thinking about more important things than the to do list! \u00a0A few years ago, actually a decade or more ago, I read a great book called The Second Half. \u00a0It dealt with what a man does with the first half of his life and what he should do with the second half. \u00a0The books premise was that many of us, maybe most of us, spend the first half of our lives trying to get ahead, establish ourselves professionally, make money, buy things, and have fun! \u00a0Somewhere around middle age you realize that while none of those things are intrinsically bad, they are not what is the best we can do.<\/p>\n

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The second half is best spent thinking outwardly towards others and less inwardly about self. \u00a0It’s probably pretty hard for a young man to do this, it takes a measure of maturity that doesn’t usually come along early in our lives. \u00a0At sixty six, and very soon to be sixty seven, I am definately in the last quarter of life. \u00a0I want to spend more time looking outwardly! \u00a0This is how I plan to do it;<\/p>\n

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1. \u00a0Stay in the Word of God and learn from Him.<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0I know nothing that is suggested for my life there will be anything less than the best.<\/p>\n

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2. \u00a0Stay on my knees in prayer and fellowship with Him.<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0I know that I will never get off track if I’m listening to Him in my spirit!<\/p>\n

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3. \u00a0Giving my very best to Sherelene, my adult children and my grandchildren.<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0Putting others first.<\/p>\n

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4. \u00a0Asking the age old questions in everything I do;<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0What would Jesus do, and and I doing unto others as I would have them do unto me!<\/p>\n

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5. \u00a0Finding the joy in life, and appreciating all the incredible gifts from my God!!! \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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6. Develop a “Thankful Heart”!<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0Spend some time everyday considering just how fortunate I am and how much God has shown His love to me.<\/p>\n

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7. \u00a0Know how blessed I am with such wonderful friends, and be sure and be that kind of friend right back!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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So in 10 or 11 hours I will be home, plenty enoguh time to pray about this list!<\/p>\n

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Blessings,<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n

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