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b'When I was eleven years old, the public school teachers in my district went\\non strike to call for much-needed improved wages. The students missed a few\\nweeks of school as a result. To make up some of the missed days, the school\\nboard instituted something I\\u2019d never heard of before: Saturday school. For\\none month, a modified version of school would take place for a half-day on\\nSaturdays. I attended the first session, only to discover that merely a\\nhandful of students had shown up. We spent the day watching videos and\\nplaying a few games as a substitute teacher kept an eye on us.\\n.\\nNot only had that day bored me (and my classmates too), but we hadn\\u2019t\\naccomplished anything either. So, the following Saturday, I asked my\\nparents to let me stay home. I earned good grades and (mostly) enjoyed\\nschool, but I judged spending a Saturday indoors doing busy work as a waste\\nof time. Just going to the school building for a few hours simply so it\\ncould be called a \\u201cschool day\\u201d seemed pointless. My parents agreed. On that\\nSaturday, I played outside and helped with chores around our house instead.\\n.\\nI didn\\u2019t really consider whether I was being a good steward of my life when\\nI begged to skip Saturday school. But as we grow up, we realize our time is\\nlimited and it matters how we spend it. Once we begin a relationship with\\nGod by trusting Jesus to save us from our sins, we can then honor the Lord\\nby stewarding the lives He has entrusted to us. As He leads us, we can\\nlearn to make the most of the days He gives us. In addition to being\\nproductive, we can also invest our time in relationships, in relaxation,\\nand in fun. As followers of Jesus, we are free from the idea of simply\\nbeing busy for busyness\\u2019s sake. Instead, we can rest in His love for us and\\nin the work He has already done through His death and resurrection, and we\\ncan choose how we spend our days in light of those truths. \\u2022 Allison Wilson\\nLee\\n.\\n\\u2022 How do you decide what to prioritize in your life?\\n.\\n\\u2022 What distracts you from investing your time in what\\u2019s most important?\\n.\\n\\u2022 How can knowing that we belong to and are loved by Jesus help us become\\nbetter stewards of our time?\\n.\\nTeach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm\\n90:12 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nDeut.5.13-Deut.5.15|Mark.2.23-Mark.2.28|Eph.5.15-Eph.5.17|Ps.90.12'