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"Michaelangelo spent four grueling years on his back painting over 400 larger than life figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The task was so demanding that when he finished friends hardly recognized him because he had aged so much. When asked one day why he was working so diligently in a dark corner of a chapel on a painting no one would ever see, Michaelangelo replied, ""God will see"" You will likely be tempted today to cut corners and take the easy way out of your work. Maybe, you think, no one will ever know. But as Michaelangelo, said, God will see and that's really what matters most. That's why we should consider the words of Scripture to do our work heartily as unto the Lord and not unto men. Doing our work to please God instead of man means we are redeeming the time. "

"During the years I worked as a prison chaplain I was given inmates helpers to run my office. These chaplain’s aides were often men who had little or no experience in an office environment so it was part of my ministry to train them in office procedures. One day I assigned a young prisoner to write a memo. He came back in a few minutes with a memo full of mistakes including the word “I” written in lower case. I told him that whenever you write “I” it has to be capitalized. A few minutes later he returned with a revised memo. This time every single time the letter “I” was used, such as in “bite” or “hit” the letter was capitalized. That memo went where most memos should go- in the trash. Studies have found that the great majority of memos are not written for the instruction of the reader, but the protection of the writer. Eliminating this “cover yourself” mentality at work would help everyone redeem the time. "

" A man asked his buddy, ""Fred, how was that memory clinic you went to last month?"" ""Outstanding,"" Fred replied. ""They taught us all the latest techniques, like visualization and association. It was great, haven't had a problem since."" ”Wow”, said the friend. “What was the name of this clinic?"" Fred went blank. He thought and thought, but couldn't remember. Then a smile broke across his face and he asked, ""What do you call that flower with the long stem and thorns?"" ""You mean a rose?"" ""Yes, that's it!"" said Fred. He turned to his wife, ""Hey Rose, what was the name of that memory clinic?"" Some of us might get help from going to a memory clinic, but a better technique is to conserve our memory space by writing down as many details as possible instead of trying to remember them. By writing down phone numbers and directions you free that memory space to think on God’s Word which is a much better way to redeem the time. "