I read an article the other day by a woman who is worried for her children. She says she is worried because she thinks that the world is moving way too fast so that children can no longer be properly cared for. She put it this way, “Our children lie wounded on the ground, run over by our high-speed intentions. We all want to do good for them, as long as it doesn’t take too long.”

To illustrate this point, a woman by the name of Elizabeth Berg described her experience at a recent school open house. She said, “The place was abuzz with people darting from classroom to classroom and from gym to auditorium.” At one point, the principal made an announcement: “All parents are asked to assemble in the auditorium to hear the school band play some Mozart. Don’t worry, it won’t take too long.”

When all of the parents had been seated and were anticipating the band’s performance, the band director welcomed everyone and then was very careful to point out that the Mozart piece would only take two minutes. With that said, the band played. Parents applauded, and then moved on to the next “thing” scheduled for the night.

One parent stopped by to thank the music director for the evening’s performance. The director thanked that parent but went on to say, “I would have prepared a longer program, but when you look out and see all of those tight-lipped parents looking at their watches, positioning themselves to be nearest to the exits, I just lose heart and offer a two minute selection. I just wonder to myself, ‘If we don’t have time for our children playing Mozart, what do we have time for?’

“What do we have time for?” is a very important question for each of us as we try to live our faith in this fast paced world of ours. The answer we give to that question can tell us a lot about ourselves. Most often, where we spend out time can be a good indicator of what we think is most important in life.

If you looked at your calendar and calculated the time you give to various activities, what gets most of your time?  Is that activity truly the most important thing in your life? Are the significant people in your life getting enough of your time? Does God have a place on your schedule? And finally, are there things on your schedule that you could let go of, so that you could live life at a more reasonable pace and not leave those important people in your life lying wounded on the ground, run over by your high-speed good intentions?