Life Is Fleeting

We were shocked to learn just a few days ago that our next door neighbor had passed away in the middle of the night. She was a kind, middle- aged lady who enjoyed working in her yard whether it was mowing, gardening or building.

It brought back the words of another friend from Wisconsin who is much the same as our neighbor. Linda is a kind, middle-aged nurse and rancher woman from Wisconsin. She is a hard worker with a barn full of Morgan horses. Last October she was roofing her house when she sensed the Lord saying, “Linda, the second you die this will all be dust.” After she had loaded up a wheel borrow full of “Yea, buts” she sensed the Lord saying again, “Linda, the second you die this will all be dust.” Seven months later the ranch and all her belongings have been sold and she is headed to Ethiopia to live out the life of Christ.

Psalm 39:4 puts it all into perspective for us when David says, “Show me, O LORD, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life.” Life is short, may we spend every ounce of it for the glory of God. Oswald Chambers said, “I have a great vision of a Protestant movement where people of ability who could obviously make their living fair and flourishing in other domains, deliberately refuse to do it and live for Him alone going the world over for Him.”