Random Thought #165

What time is it? Time is such an interesting thing isn't it? There never seems to be enough of it unless of course you're doing something you hate or are bored stiff, then it seems to creep along like molasses. According to Einstein, time is relative and is another dimension through which we experience reality. But like it or not, time is always with us. I read an interesting line in my book yesterday about Christ coming in the "Meridian of Time". What does that mean? What kind of implications does that have? Many people think it is the middle point in history. That's why we divide time up between BC and AD. A lot of people estimate that Adam lived about 4000 years before Christ so if time was measured since the first man appeared, then we've got about 1986 or so years left. (Sometimes I wonder if I can last another day). But what about Pre-Adamites? I mean dinosaurs supposedly roamed the earth 65+ millions years ago and there were creatures here before them (let's not get into the biological support system conversation here). Did time exist for them? When did time start? Who measures it? Did the people living before Christ count down? How could they? They didn't know that time was gonna start counting upwards after Christ was born. So how did they measure time? Why are we so preoccupied with time? Heavenly Father doesn't seem to think in terms of time. After all, when everything is eternal, time kinda loses its pizzaz. He obviously is aware of our time or how we measure it because he taught Abraham somewhat of how time on Earth relates to time where He lives. Before we get too far down the rabbit hole, let's return to the Meridian of Time question. For those of you who hated math in school, the middle point is called the "median" not the "meridian"....just sayin. The common definition for meridian is "a point or period of highest development, greatest prosperity, or the like" or "of or indicating a period of greatest prosperity, splendor, success, etc." I think the birth of the Savior of the world probably meets this definition fairly well. So why is it that we started counting time differently around this time? Does it really have anything to do with time? Or is it just a marker of a miraculous and wonderful event that we chose to mark and reference all other time in relation to it? I guess time will tell ;)