"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count.
It's the life in your years."
It's the life in your years."
I live in a world of Millennial and Medicare people. My kids are the former and I the latter. This divergence of ages brings a variety of perspectives and perceptions. I have been privileged and honored to know many "older" people who have taught me many life lessons through the life they lived and some through the death they have died.
Perhaps there is no more archetypical and seminal issue than the reality of death. I must admit, I do not believe I have fully dealt with the impact of the reality of death in my life. However, I do believe that there are three foundational facts I need to keep in the forefront of my mind. First is the Problem of Fear. Second the Prerequisite of Faith. Third, the Promise of Future.
The sacred Scriptures inform and enlighten us and provide a perspective; to live today in light of tomorrow. (Read Hebrews 11 for an expression and exposition of these three perennial perspectives.)
As we invest our lives in this world we are to look to the world of the future. Moses, as he penned the oldest Psalm, reminds us in Psalm 90:12:
"So teach us to number our days that we may present to Thee a heart of wisdom."
And so we must seize the day....Carpe Deim.
Count the days and make the days count!
Serving Him with you
Until He comes for us,
Fred