All Hail!

After a victory over the enemy, when a Roman general was enjoying the triumphal parade around the city, a slave was assigned to crouch in the warrior’s chariot. As the victor basked in the cheering of the adoring crowds, the slave would whisper: “Remember thou art mortal.”

It is easy for us to see our time as the most important era. We, naturally, see things from our perspective. But time is a river that flows. Our time on earth is important, but it is only one frame in a much bigger film.

We cannot change the past, but by faithfulness we can shape the present and the future. We cannot change the world, but we can change our little piece of it. We will not live here forever, but we can change the time we have been given.