{"id":1822,"date":"2013-03-30T13:27:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T20:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/?p=1822"},"modified":"2013-03-30T13:27:22","modified_gmt":"2013-03-30T20:27:22","slug":"filling-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/filling-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Filling Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Layne Post<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A recent question in one of my Bible studies Brave<\/em><\/a> asked, “What does being saved mean to you?”<\/p>\n

I felt myself reflecting on that as I thought about this weekend, this remembrance of what Christ did for me – His blood spilled so that I may live, His body raised and Holy Spirit given.<\/p>\n

My recent reading of Ann Voskamp’s devotional One Thousand Gifts<\/a> <\/em>influenced my response to the question. In one of her journals Ann says, “That in Christ, time is not running out. This day is not a sieve, losing time. In Christ, we fill – gaining time.” A couple days later she expounds a little more saying, “Time is not running out… With each passing minute, each passing year, there’s this deepening awareness that I am filling, gaining<\/em> time. We stand on the brink of eternity.”<\/p>\n

So what does being saved mean to me?<\/p>\n

It means I am no longer a dying person. I have received this incredible opportunity that I no longer have to live this life counting down minutes, counting down days, trying to “fit it all in”, waiting for some end. Instead I am able to fill<\/em> my minutes and my days – fill them up to eternity. I get to soak it all in, experience it to the fullest, slow down enough to take note of Him – to thank Him. I get to live in glorious anticipation of eternity.<\/p>\n

In my ministry it has shaken things up. What does this mean for the dying person given months or weeks to live? Christ is hope. He<\/em> can be yours. Hope can be yours. If you are breathing you still have time to live – to fill. In Christ there is no end… maybe transition, but no end.<\/p>\n

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Thank you, Jesus for what you did on that dark Friday. (John 19:28-37<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n

Thank you that your blood offered in place of mine only brought hope and peace to this dying and far away soul. (Ephesians 2:11-17<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n

Thank you for defeating the grave and living again – that I too might live. (Luke 24:6-8<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Thank you for expelling fear. (1 John 4:18<\/a>, Romans 8:15<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n

Thank you for hope. (1 Peter 1:3-9<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Thank you for <\/em>eternity. (Titus 3:4-7<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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