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Living on borrowed time. That’s how it feels every Nebraska November day that it is not snowing or cold. “Can you believe how nice the weather is?” – was the entry into most conversations this past week. Living on borrowed time – is the feeling that ninety-something folks of our parish have expressed to me as I have visited around. They want me to know that every healthy minute you get on this earth is a blessing. They tell me, “You’ve got to enjoy your kids while you’ve got them, because all too soon they go away!” The older you get, the faster time goes!” Living on borrowed time. Family in the hospital waiting room in the middle of the night, waiting word from the emergency room doctor, look up with reddened eyes and say, “You just never know do you? You just never know from one minute to the next how your life can change.” Time is something that we cannot control. It will just keep on flowing, with or without us. How we choose to spend that time that God has given us, however, is what gives meaning to our lives. It is our choice to use, abuse or ignore our allotted time on this earth. Our time is one of that most precious gifts we can give to each other. God help each of us to take the risk to give our time to others. Maybe giving our time away will even help us get a little extension of our life loan from God. Grace & Peace,