beat. You simply try harder the next time. Winning or losing a drag race has no bearing on eternity. But losing as a human being in the race of life— not having the proper heart and mind-set— can be a regret that is unrecoverable.
We were all young once with time to spare … it was easy to take someone’ s dare … but it’ s all gone if you really don’ t care … it makes no difference what you wear … or how long is your hair … we all have a responsibility to bear … and only so much time to share … remember Jesus paid everyone’ s fare.
In racing— excluding safety— time may be the most important key factor. Finding the quickest way down the track is what racers strive for. You can win being the slower vehicle, but that’ s the exception to rule 1: First one to the finish line wins( slowest is normally the loser).
Light trips the speed clocks at 186,000 miles per second. You can’ t beat light in a race, but even light is restrained by time. Since God created everything around us including time, let’ s be attentive to this precious commodity, guardedly redeeming every second as a gift.
We can’ t see time, but we can see what time does in many ways. For instance, we can feel and sense time like the three and a half seconds it takes a Top Fuel Hydro to make a run down the liquid track, but in all reality, we can’ t feel or sense our own body aging in that short amount of time. But if we increase the time frame to three and a half years, we can see the difference in what time does to the body, i. e. growing and maturing from infant to adult, or aging and growing weary as a senior citizen.
When a seasoned driver makes a sub four second run down the track, he or she can get use to the