Measure a Year

525,600 minutes
525,600 moments so dear
525,600 minutes
How do you measure a year?

In teenagers hugged.
In sons sent to school.
In meals shared, prepared.
In times of laughter
In times of frustration.
In moments of pride and amazement.
In raising two young men.

How do you measure a year in the life?

In times spent as one of a pair
In moments of love
In knowing looks and grins
In holding hands
In kisses and touches
In chores shared
In times spent in dreams.

How do you measure
Measure a year?

In sermons preached and chapters read
In Agreements and letters
In churches visited and funerals attended
In PowerPoint and Publisher
In working with a team
In serving individuals, familes and ministries
In the hope of a job well done.

525,600 minutes
525,600 moments so dear
525,600 minutes
How do you measure a year?

In friendship and family
In holidays celebrated
In coffee and tables shared
In birthdays
In emails and text messages
In shared rants and shared joys
In fellowship

How do you measure
Measure a year?

In prayers, both mindless and desperate
In study of the Bible
In worship of God
In meetings, frustration, visions and missions
In classes
In fellowship
In the Body of Christ

How about love?
How about love?
How about love?
Measure in love.
Seasons of love.

In lessons learned
In tears shed
In pure joy and times of laughter
In self-knowledge and revelation
In quiet and knitting and movies
In hours of sleeping
In growth.

You know that love is a gift from up above.

Phrases in italics from Season of Love, Rent