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Better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting for that is the end of all men and the living will take it to heart. Ecclesiates 7:2
Met a funeral procession this morning and this verse immediately flashed through my mind. Huh. Some somber thoughts from the wise counsel of King Solomon. Wouldn't you agree? I mean...what in the world. Better to mourn than to rejoice? Nuts I say!
Truthfully though...this reminder is priceless as today comes and today goes. One very short day. 24 hours or 1,440 minutes. The kicker...we're not promised a single one. This day will never be lived again or, who knows, may never be lived at all. Rather, this day will quietly fade into a forgotten yesterday.
After all, days quickly multiply into weeks, into months, and into years. Not just quickly but very quickly. Revealing your life as but a blip on the radar of history. Here and then gone. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. James 4:14.
What a reminder. A reminder to run and run with endurance. Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Hebrews 12:1. Run in such a way that you may obtain the prize. 1 Corinthians 9:24.
Remember our last post? Let's not forget the who or the why...to seek and save the lost. So, get after it my friend. Together, we hold a miraculous miracle.
Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your sting? O hell, where is your victory. 1 Corinthians 15:54&55.
This is why we, as believers, rejoice in mourning. And...the only way those outside our walls will ever rejoice with us is by living it out and speaking it up. So, once again, get after it my friend! Run and run with endurance. Until next time. Jed.
Met a funeral procession this morning and this verse immediately flashed through my mind. Huh. Some somber thoughts from the wise counsel of King Solomon. Wouldn't you agree? I mean...what in the world. Better to mourn than to rejoice? Nuts I say!
Truthfully though...this reminder is priceless as today comes and today goes. One very short day. 24 hours or 1,440 minutes. The kicker...we're not promised a single one. This day will never be lived again or, who knows, may never be lived at all. Rather, this day will quietly fade into a forgotten yesterday.
After all, days quickly multiply into weeks, into months, and into years. Not just quickly but very quickly. Revealing your life as but a blip on the radar of history. Here and then gone. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. James 4:14.
What a reminder. A reminder to run and run with endurance. Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Hebrews 12:1. Run in such a way that you may obtain the prize. 1 Corinthians 9:24.
Remember our last post? Let's not forget the who or the why...to seek and save the lost. So, get after it my friend. Together, we hold a miraculous miracle.
Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your sting? O hell, where is your victory. 1 Corinthians 15:54&55.
This is why we, as believers, rejoice in mourning. And...the only way those outside our walls will ever rejoice with us is by living it out and speaking it up. So, once again, get after it my friend! Run and run with endurance. Until next time. Jed.
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