Time is Love

Time is love. 

My friend Barbara said this to me recently after we shared an evening at a craft workshop: "I am thankful for you, Cheryl! Making great memories together is such a blessing! Time is love and that is what we did last night." 

And this is the phrase that keeps playing over in my head and heart. 

Time is love. 

It is a profound thought. Giving someone our time, often one of our most valuable commodities, is truly an act of love. We demonstrate who and what we love by the way that we spend our time. 

Taking time to listen is love. 

Spending an afternoon with a friend is love. 

Performing mundane tasks to meet your family's needs is love. 

Taking time to have a bedtime chat with a child is love. 

Putting down your computer to scratch your husband's back is love.  

Setting aside time and effort to invite someone into your home is love. 

Barbara's words have made me think about how I am spending my time. 

Do the people who I love know how much I love them by the way that I give them the gift of time?

Even more importantly, does my time reflect a lavish love for my Lord? 

A few of the things to which I have given my time this week . . . 

Our annual Mother/Daughter Christmas Shopping Trip

The November meeting of our homeschool book club. 

This month the girls all read diary- or journal-style books. 

A delicious Thanksgiving lunch at Barbara's house. 

I forgot to take any pictures of the butternut squash-apple soup and turkey paninis with cranberry-apple chutney (yes, you should be jealous!), but I did remember to photograph this scrumptious pumpkin cake!

While Bekah taught piano lessons to his sisters, Paul cleared some space on a book shelf in the library and "read" to the cats! 

Have you expressed love recently by giving time? Have you received a gift of time?