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Jim Croce wrote a song called "Time in a bottle."

Side note. After writing that line, I looked up the song on wikipedia, to make sure he had written it, and not just performed it. I came across a sad bit of info there. The song was a number-one hit, reaching the top of the charts in December, 1973, three months after his death. That adds a bit to what I was going to say anyway. However, it's more sobering a thought now.

Jim Croce wrote a song called "Time in a bottle." I could write out all the lyrics for you, but if you are that interested in them, you will undoubtedly search them yourself. The line that really is the main focus of the song is: "If I could save time in a bottle/ the first thing that I'd like to do/ is to spend every day 'til eternity passes away, then I'd spend them with you..."
Okay sorry that was more than a line. More like a verse. Haha. But can you see the point he is trying to make? The plight of a man who realized that time is precious, yet powerless to do anything with that realization. Do you ever feel that way? That urgent drive to make the most of the little time we have? God says in the bible that life is "but a vapor." The truth of this statement can cause even the best of us to lose hope. Yet, however dark and hopeless a fact, situation, or thought may be, it only takes a bit of an adjustment in our thinking to overcome the void. Jesus Christ has left this earth to "prepare a place for us." We don't need to save time in a bottle. God holds time in the palm of His hand. When I breathe my last on this earth, and my soul leaves my body, do not mourn me. I am a sinner, saved by grace. My life will not be over. Truly it will have just begun.