Time treks on, seeking the future, but inevitably ending up in the past. What an odd concept to ponder, let alone understand. I suppose it is because my human mind is limited to a linear understanding of time.  The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, however this way of thinking would require a beginning and an end. God has no such constraints.  Yes, this is what I woke up thinking about at 3 am this morning. 

Some would say to me “get a life.”  I suppose on the surface it would seem to be good advice, however, I must say I rather enjoy my musings.  Even when they happen at 3 am and I need to ask God to repeat back to me my predawn thoughts  because I inevitably forget by the time I have fed the dog and made my morning coffee....not necessarily in that order. 

I also frequently digress, as evidenced by the seemingly out of place paragraph above. In any case....

In much the same way my mind is unable to properly understand the passage of time, it lacks the ability to fully understand the attributes of God.  I simply cannot fathom the fact that He is the alpha and the omega...the beginning and the end. Who made God? No one. He always is, always was and will always be here. But at what point does always 


begin?  There is no point and that’s the point.  As I try to wrap my mind around all this, it quickly overloads.  I feel just like one of those androids in a sci fi flick that tries to do too many calculations, overloads and begins to smoke. Indeed, my mind would seemingly risk implosion were I to spend too much time trying to understand all of the things of God.  

Some things just are and need to be accepted by faith.  What I need to understand is that just because I cannot see something does not mean it is not there. Similarly, if I do not understand a concept, it does not mean it is not truth.     That is where the atheists miss the boat.

Back to time....I guess the best and easiest way to think of it is as a sphere rather than a line.  The prophet Isaiah explained it thus:

“It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,

And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,

Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain

And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.”  Isaiah 40:22

Science has in fact confirmed that the universe is expanding outward in all directions. I liken this to blowing up a balloon whereby the entire spherical surface expands equally and simultaneously.  But it had to start somewhere didn’t it? Did it start as a tiny point?  Oh no here we go again!

Nevermind. I’m just going and get another cup of coffee!