"Man: Honey where’s my other blue sock?
Wife: I don’t know, I guess it got lost in the dryer again.
Have you ever wondered how socks can get lost in a dryer? I mean where do they go?
If you spend time looking for lost socks or matching the ones you have, here’s a technique that will save hours of your time. Watch for a good buy on socks. Then purchase a large number of the exact same sock. By having all blue or all white for example, you eliminate the need to carefully sort and match. And if that doesn’t work for you, try delegating this simple task to children. Very young ones may not get it 100% right but the time you invest in training them can save you lots of time in the long run.
Here’s one more laundry tip. When ironing, take a moment to pray for each family member as you iron their clothes. It will make the task much more enjoyable and help you to redeem the time.
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"Email can be a tremendous time saving method of communication. Or it can be an awful waste of time.
One of the ways we waste time is by reading unsolicited or unwanted email. Some people who would never open junk mail from the mailman, habitually open all email, even ones they know are irrelevant. Instead, get in the habit of going through your list of unopened email and deleting them before ever opening them.
Avoid repeated junk email from the same source, by clicking the unsubscibe link or type unsubscribe on the subject line and return it to the sender. Take time today to evaluate which of your email subscriptions you really need and use. And, as a last resort, if you’re getting overwhelmed with “spam” and only want to hear from friends, consider getting a new email address from you internet provider. This can often be done at no cost.
Uncluttering your email box can be a great way to redeem the time.
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"Jonathan Edwards was a man greatly used of God to bring revival during the 1700's. As an evangelist, pastor, and writer, he created many powerful messages, including “Sinners in the hands of an angry God”, which is still remembered as one of the greatest sermons of all time.
One of the keys to Edwards fruitful life was a set of 33 personal commitments, or “resolutions” as he called them, which he made to keep himself from straying from God. Many of these resolutions focused on his use of time. One of them read:
Resolved never to lose one moment of time; but to improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.
Another read:
Resolved never to do anything, which I should be afraid to do, if it were the last hour of my life.
We would be wise to follow Mr. Edwards commitments if we want to be used of God and if we desire to redeem the time.
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"There was once an old mountain man who lived way up in the hills named old Johnny one note. He got his name from the fact that he only knew how to play one note on his fiddle. All day long Johnny would screech out that same note, nearly driving his wife crazy.
One day though, his wife went to town and heard a symphony playing in the park. She rushed home and said Johnny, there’s a fellow at the park with a fiddle like yours and he’s making all kinds of good music. Why don’t you go talk him and see if you can’t learn something from him. Johnny looked at her and said, “Don’t be silly woman. That man’s still hunting for his note and I done found mine.”
Some of us as Christians are like old Johnny. We’re doing the same thing we’ve always done, the same way we’ve always done it, just because that’s the way we’ve always done it. If we want to ever do great things for God we have to continually look for better ways to serve Him. Is anyone getting spiritual help from your life? If the answer is no, you may want to examine your routines and see if they really are the best way to redeem the time.
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