LORD, "Teach Us To Number Our Days Aright, That We May Gain A Heart Of Wisdom!"

A bowl which will soon be broken!
(Thomas Watson, "The LORD'S Prayer")

"What is your life? You are a mist 
that appears for a little time and 
then vanishes away!" James 4:14

Time passes on apace! 

Our time is very short and uncertain. 

It will not be long, "before the silver 

cord of life snaps and the golden 

bowl is broken." The skull wherein 

the brains are enclosed, is a bowl 

which will soon be broken!

Our soul is in the body, as the bird 

in the shell, which soon breaks--

and the bird flies out. The shell 

of the body is soon broken--

and the soul flies into eternity! 

We know not whether we shall live 

another day. Before we hear another 

sermon-bell ring, our death-bell may ring. 

Our life runs as a swift stream--

into the ocean of eternity!

Brethren,

if our time is so short and transient--

if the candle of life is so soon 

consumed, or perhaps blown out 

by an unexpectant death--

how should we use all our 

strength, that we may obtain 

the kingdom of glory! 

If time is so short,why do we 

waste it on trivial things--

and neglect the "one thing needful"? 

A man who has a great work to be done, 

and but one day for doing it, needs 

to work hard. We have a great work 

to do, we are striving for an eternal 

glorious kingdom, and alas! we are 

not certain of one day to work in!

"So teach us to number our days aright, 
that we may gain a heart of wisdom!" 
Psalm 90:12 

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GraceGems has published J.R. Miller's uplifting short article,
 "Forward, and Not Back".