Don't Blink

So the title of my blog is "Don't Blink" so I felt like I should probably explain the title.  Does the number 940 mean anything to you?  Unless you have to fill out a 940 IRS form or you live in Texas (it's an area code there) it probably doesn't.  There is one other group of people though that the number 940 means something to.  To the people at Glenview Christian especially parents of youth and youth workers, the number 940 is very significant.

Did you know that from the time a child is born until the time a child turn 18 there are 940 weeks in their lives.  If you multiply 18x52 you get 936 but there are 4 leap years in there so that gives you 940 weeks.  So at GCC we have used that as our theme for our youth wing.  In fact it's called the GCC 940 youth wing.  Outside of each class room is a jar of gems.  Outside of the nursery the jar has 940 gems, but the toddler room only has 836 because that's how many weeks remain when a child typically enters that age group.  When a student is ready to move into the high school group there are only 209 weeks left.  Throughout the hallway you can see a huge difference in the jars so the whole idea is that we have a limited amount of time to disciple these kids and to help them to form a Christian worldview.  940 sounds like a lot but really it is just a very limited time so "don't blink" because it will be over before you know it.

In the last month or so that phrase has taken on some extra meaning for me as well.  God is really pouring out His blessings right now and it seems like things are happening at breakneck speed and God is moving and doing something everyday (of course He does, sometimes we just seem to be able to see it better at certain times) and I don't want to blink because I don't want to miss anything.