Proper Use of Time

BY REVEREND FATHER KAREKIN BEDOURIAN

For many, the New Year and the Feast of Nativity present a unique opportunity for contemplation and self-evaluation; a chance where people reflect upon a period of their lives which will never return. During this time, people also look forward to the New Year and attempt to refine their lives.

Time is an integral part of the universe and human nature. Human beings can, in so many ways, have the chance to make good use of time, whose ending may have many different results. Time is the essence for human beings to survive in this world, without which one cannot comprehend and appreciate one’s life and works.

In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul the Apostle writes, “Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil (5.15-16).”