Lenten Meditation for Today: Just a Minute
- Christ Episcopal Church
- Mar 23, 2023
- 1 min read
Our Thursday Morning Prayer livestream will not be taking place today, but you can see the readings for today at the end of today's Lenten Meditation, located below.
Have a blessed day.
Just a Minute

I’ve only just a minute,
Only sixty seconds in it.
Forced upon me, can’t refuse it,
Didn’t seek it, didn’t choose it,
But it’s up to me to use it.
I must suffer if I lose it,
Give an account if I abuse it,
Just a tiny little minute,
But eternity is in it.
The poem Just a Minute was written by Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, a former Baptist minister, civil rights leader, sixth President of Morehouse College, a mentor of the late, great Martin Luther King, Jr. and Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, and an advocate of non-violence and civil resistance as taught and practiced by Mahatma Gandhi. Dr. Mays was also a major influence in the life of the Honorable Representative of Maryland’s 7th District, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings.
~Submitted by Judith
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