I'm thinking of time. How time can pass so slowly and also so quickly.
Well, with all these earthquakes going on, my roommate and I had a discussion about what we would do in the event of a serious earthquake. I figured I'd have a short short amount of time so I couldn't really go around my room picking out things I'd like to take with me hehe. I think we'll get together an emergency pack... If the earthquake was a big one, even 5 seconds of it would be pretty bad. I don't know if I can realistically run to my room from my living room (where we normally hang out) in 5 seconds and grab everything I need and be out the door. I'd first have to gather my thoughts before I executed and I think that alone might take me at least 5 seconds...
Then I realized that tomorrow is March. Hooray! That means more sun hopefully and sakura blossoms! But that also means one more month down and the time is counting down to when one day I'll wake up and realize it's already time to go back! With the cold and the rain, it's so easy for me to want to curl up and forget about the world being such a natural lazy bum, especially with a kotatsu (it's this table where you put a blanket over it and there is a heater under the table and it is absolute bliss heehee). Then when I wake up from my stupor I realize how I can so easily be wasting my time! And with tomorrow being March...wow, I gotta really be vigilant about not letting time slip by. Japan is unique in that ministry here is definitely not like other places in Asia, where amazing stories of God's redemption pour out to bless others. So it can become discouraging and that de-motivates (is that a word?) me from doing my best. However, any chance I can get to plant a seed, is what I am working for, because I know that it is my job to sow the seeds and I can trust God to grow them.
Yes time can seem to be excruciatingly slow in passing, but then shockingly fast. We have weekly and monthly goals that we have set in order to stay on track. However even with the goals that I've set with the remainder of my time till the date that I go home, who knows where I'll be next week? Who knows where I'll be tomorrow? We are a tiny speck in God's awesome plan. I gotta take every chance I get to share God's love.
Speaking of time, this blog took me way longer than I expected! Where did the time go? :P
Btw, no real emergency here in Tokyo with the tsunami threat, at least I think. There were several train lines that were down due to waves they said, but I think where I'm located and where I travel to, it's not a serious threat.
