where does the time go?

unbelievable how quickly this year has gone. i remember my first-ever blog post (january) was when i was studying for my first test in public administration. i was procrastinating, of course. so tomorrow is my final in the same class, and i thought it only appropriate to end the semester by procrastinating and posting on my blog again.
lots of thoughts run through my head at the end of every spring. what adventure lies ahead for the summer is always at the forefront... but not quite so much as a certain sadness i feel. like i can't stop time from going so fast... or really even slow it down. this year the sadness isn't quite as strong, probably because i'm a little more burned out than usual (all the spiritual activity-ha!). each year at auburn gets a little better... each year i grow a little closer to my sweet Jesus. He's so faithful. i'm reflecting over this year and can't help but recognize how much He's done. but also can't help but think of how much He has to do in me. oh that He would make me more like Him.
(side note: i love the little things He does too... like the sovereignty over my class schedule. it's all too perfect how all my classes fit together--i received some kind of spiritual truth out of each of them. but even more, i learned some things from some classes that linked to other ones.)
but another end of the year just makes me want to go back and relive some of the times... maybe skip over some of the other ones. but i know He's been there with me the whole time. even when i couldn't see it or feel it. He asked me the other day if i believed He was working in and through me even though i couldn't tell... my answer, truthfully was no. and that's wrong. feelings aren't truth, and He certainly isn't limited by them!
anyway... to wrap these ramblings up... the time issue always troubles me around this time of year, so i thought i'd share this little analogy courtesy of c.s. lewis (i can't take credit for this one unfortunately):
isn't it funny how we're always so surprised by time? it is the very dimension in which we live, and still, we're shocked by it. "where did the time go?" or "my how time flies!"... like it's a complete novelty EACH TIME. isn't that strange? it would be like a fish constantly commenting in surprise that water is actually wet. and wouldn't we think that was strange. we would, unless we knew that the fish was destined to one day become a land animal.
we live in time, but were not created for it. we were created for a greater purpose: eternity.
"He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart..."
ecclesiastes 3:11