Life
Summer is coming to an end. Every day now, the sun rises a little slower in the morning. It sinks below the horizon quicker in the evening. The days are still hot but the mornings and evenings are cool and pleasant.
As I listen to the birds, their songs have a slower tempo. When I look at the trees, I see that their leaves are a lighter shade of green. Every year it seems that summer tries to sneak away without being noticed. I am fully aware that soon the 67th summer of my life will be gone.
Life Slips Away
The end of summer reminds me that the most consistent thing this world has to offer is inconsistency. Great buildings need constant maintenance to keep them from crumbling. Junkyards are full of rusted automobiles that once symbolized someone’s status. Somewhere there is a shower of birdseed as a bride and groom rejoice in their future. The future comes quickly. Soon, one of them stands old and bent by the grave of their loved one.
This is an unyielding truth; time is a great threshing machine harvesting the days of our lives. The Bible teaches that our life here on earth is like a vapor that quickly fades away.
If we only have hope in this life, then we are most miserable. The good news is that our joy and purpose is not found in this life only. Jesus has promised us that if we hear His voice and follow Him, then He will give us life. This life will never fade away.
Here today and gone tomorrow is our life on this earth. Yes, life is brief, but everlasting hope is found in Jesus. In Him we can find the Way we can travel, the Truth we can believe, and Life that is eternal. “The Lord is righteous in all His ways and gracious in all His acts. The Lord is near to all who call out to Him. He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him. He hears their cry for help and saves them. The Lord guards all those who love Him. Let every living thing praise His holy name forever and ever.” Psalms 145:15-21
“The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom. Return, O Lord! How long? And have compassion on Your servants. Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!”
Psalms 90:10, 12-14 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/psa.90.10-14.NKJV
Douglas & Deborah Huff
Pavement Ends Ministry
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