| My thoughts can get a little edgy at night. Possibly | | | | which appears for a short time and then is seen |
| even deep. Reflecting on almost a half century of | | | | no more. |
| life. Some of it better than I would have imagined | | | | Jam 4:15 Instead of that you ought to say, "If it |
| in my youth. Some not. | | | | is the Lord's will, we shall live and do this or that." |
| All in all I am glad that this present life is not all I | | | | I need to learn humility. I wrote "we need" first |
| have been given from the hand of God. At night I | | | | but decided that was a cop out. This isn't a |
| tend to wonder what it will be like to be on the | | | | lecture, it's me sitting here in a nice warm quiet |
| other side of death's door. | | | | room, comfortably reflecting on the nature of |
| According to the Reverend Gary Davis "Death | | | | human life. |
| don't have no mercy in this land." Thank God, | | | | What is the nature of human life? Nothing |
| Jesus does. Two or three mild strokes and a | | | | substantial, whether it's you, me or Michael |
| minor heart attack over the last 6 years could | | | | Jackson. We live our lives from day to day and at |
| well have something to do with the way the | | | | any moment our breath could be terminated and |
| stream of my consciousness flows. | | | | our next conscious thought would occur before |
| Not melancholy thoughts. Thoughts of a hope and | | | | the presence of almighty God. |
| future God has prepared for me beyond the | | | | This life which seems so concrete to us is no |
| valley of the shadow of death. Makes me want | | | | more solid than a mist or vapor, a fog we walk |
| to do right and be appreciative of what He has | | | | through while heading towards God's light. That |
| given me on this side of the valley and yet not to | | | | doesn't mean it is unimportant but it is |
| pin all my hopes and dreams on family and friends | | | | impermanent and insubstantial compared to the |
| and the things that make life enjoyable in the | | | | life awaiting beyond the confines of incorporation. |
| present. | | | | Instead of steadfastly setting our faces towards |
| There is a day of reckoning and a day of | | | | our own plans and purposes, there I go with that |
| rewards coming which will fit all of us out for | | | | "we" business again. You have to figure this out |
| eternal life. James, the brother of Jesus says it | | | | for yourself, you can't ride on my revelation of |
| much better than I could hope to. | | | | impermance. |
| James 4:13-15 Weymouth NT | | | | Anyhow, here's my thought: |
| Jam 4:13 Come, you who say, "To-day or | | | | I have some things I want to do and accomplish |
| to-morrow we will go to this or that city, and | | | | while still in the body, but I need to learn to |
| spend a year there and carry on a successful | | | | temper my desires with the the fact that, "If it is |
| business," | | | | the Lord's will, I shall live and do this or that." If it |
| Jam 4:14 when, all the while, you do not even | | | | is not His will then I will be moving on to bigger |
| know what will happen to-morrow. For what is | | | | and better things in the presence of the Lord. |
| the nature of your life? Why, it is but a mist, | | | | Peace. |