You probably missed it. MIT student Amal Doral threw a party for a special group of people. He provided the chips and dip for a “Time Traveler Convention.” He notified the time travelers about the convention by placing invitations printed on acid-free paper in library books. Attendees were supposed to prove their time traveler status by bringing a cure for cancer, or something like a future sports almanac.

            Time travel is one of those things that has always fascinated me. I have enjoyed books and movies with time travel themes, like Back to the Future and Somewhere in Time. Unfortunately, all of these movies and books are fiction. Although some scientists suggest there are ways we might time travel, no one has ever succeeded, and probably never will.

            What has always fascinated me about those time travel books and movies is how going back and changing one small thing in the past can make a difference in thousands of ways in the future. Isn’t it strange how one small decision can have life changing effects? Leaving five minutes later, or five minutes earlier means we never meet a certain person, we never make that bad driving decision, we never say those words that change our lives. 

            Since we can’t time travel, we need to use the present wisely, because the future will be changed according to how we use the present. Paul advises, “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:15-16). We redeem, or buy back the time by serving and obeying God, every day that we live. Jesus summed it up in John 14:15: “If you love me, keep my commandments.”

            What are you doing today that will change tomorrow for the better? Something you do, or don’t do today will change tomorrow.

Somewhere in Time

by Bob Prichard

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