Psalms 90:12 (KVJ)
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Psalms 90:12 (NASB)
So teach us to number our days, that we may present to You a heart of wisdom.
First thing I read today in the newspaper was the nasty report of how a bright 8 year old boy was killed by a reversing lorry yesterday. This is but one of the many recent reports of people being killed in traffic accidents.
Some 40 minutes later, as I left the house and was about to cross the street, I made a concerted effort to cross at the zebra crossing and only after I saw all the cars come to a standstill. Somehow, I simply became a lot more cautious and didn't cross it on my own confidence and skill.
Call it paranoia or being overly cautious but it was a good reminder of the fraility of life and the fact that we don't know how long we have for our lifespan. Thus, the psalmist asked God to teach him the preciousness of the time given to him for his life, because it would provoke him to use the days to live wisely.
The human body is indeed fragile and while the sun still shines in these last of last days, may you be a good steward of the days given to you. That your heart would choose to be alert with the fear of God in your life that would guide you in pleasing God above self interests.
Jesus declares in Matthew 10:39, " He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it." Therefore, don't grieve the Holy Spirit and allow yourself to drift along with the never ending issues of life and be overcomed with stress, studies, programmes, relationships, money and career. The secular are already embroiled in life's issues, but why are you following likewise?
May you choose wisely and be a good steward of the time given to you in this life.
Blessings,
M.
"As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly away." Psalms 90:10
23 May 2007
While the sun still shines
Psalms 90:12 (KVJ)
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Psalms 90:12 (NASB)
So teach us to number our days, that we may present to You a heart of wisdom.
First thing I read today in the newspaper was the nasty report of how a bright 8 year old boy was killed by a reversing lorry yesterday. This is but one of the many recent reports of people being killed in traffic accidents.
Some 40 minutes later, as I left the house and was about to cross the street, I made a concerted effort to cross at the zebra crossing and only after I saw all the cars come to a standstill. Somehow, I simply became a lot more cautious and didn't cross it on my own confidence and skill.
Call it paranoia or being overly cautious but it was a good reminder of the fraility of life and the fact that we don't know how long we have for our lifespan. Thus, the psalmist asked God to teach him the preciousness of the time given to him for his life, because it would provoke him to use the days to live wisely.
The human body is indeed fragile and while the sun still shines in these last of last days, may you be a good steward of the days given to you. That your heart would choose to be alert with the fear of God in your life that would guide you in pleasing God above self interests.
Jesus declares in Matthew 10:39, " He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it." Therefore, don't grieve the Holy Spirit and allow yourself to drift along with the never ending issues of life and be overcomed with stress, studies, programmes, relationships, money and career. The secular are already embroiled in life's issues, but why are you following likewise?
May you choose wisely and be a good steward of the time given to you in this life.
Blessings,
M.
"As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly away." Psalms 90:10
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Psalms 90:12 (NASB)
So teach us to number our days, that we may present to You a heart of wisdom.
First thing I read today in the newspaper was the nasty report of how a bright 8 year old boy was killed by a reversing lorry yesterday. This is but one of the many recent reports of people being killed in traffic accidents.
Some 40 minutes later, as I left the house and was about to cross the street, I made a concerted effort to cross at the zebra crossing and only after I saw all the cars come to a standstill. Somehow, I simply became a lot more cautious and didn't cross it on my own confidence and skill.
Call it paranoia or being overly cautious but it was a good reminder of the fraility of life and the fact that we don't know how long we have for our lifespan. Thus, the psalmist asked God to teach him the preciousness of the time given to him for his life, because it would provoke him to use the days to live wisely.
The human body is indeed fragile and while the sun still shines in these last of last days, may you be a good steward of the days given to you. That your heart would choose to be alert with the fear of God in your life that would guide you in pleasing God above self interests.
Jesus declares in Matthew 10:39, " He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it." Therefore, don't grieve the Holy Spirit and allow yourself to drift along with the never ending issues of life and be overcomed with stress, studies, programmes, relationships, money and career. The secular are already embroiled in life's issues, but why are you following likewise?
May you choose wisely and be a good steward of the time given to you in this life.
Blessings,
M.
"As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly away." Psalms 90:10
