I heard a statement that had a profound impact on me. A man from Burkina Faso made it.
“If a senior dies it is like a whole library has been destroyed.”
Many of us are seniors, but are we wise? Are we compassionate and understanding? How are we filling in the dash between our cradles and the grave? Perhaps you know I am referring to how a gravestone has the date of someone’s birth, a dash, and then the date they passed from this world.
The Bible teaches us that the older women should teach the younger, (Titus 2.4) surely we must have accumulated something worthwhile in our life experiences. Do we have the humility and kindness to help those behind us who are floundering? We all have different ways we can do it.
Are we writing books’ of value with our lives? ‘Only one life will soon be past. Only what’s done for Christ will last.’
An interesting thought that few people ponder. For most people, following the commandment given to Adam and Eve, "Go forth and multiply," it is having children. The result of this contribution is approaching 8 billion on the planet, devastating the ecosystem and driving countless species toward extinction.
Yes, it certainly is time for everyone to examine what their contribution to this life will be. For me, I'm quite happy that I haven't had any children. My legacy will not be in them.
This book consists of a 150 pages of Christian poetry about the end of time and the Second coming of Jesus Christ not as a servant but as a King, the King of kings. To bring righteousness and peace to the earth and restore the government of God! Peac
These song lyrics and art are tales, tides and twinkling lights - tunes telling stories of warmth and sun, city and sand, paths that lead, and the coins we can keep in the Karma Bank. Spirit's been bypassed for sorrow, dreaming of a better tomorrow .
Yes, it certainly is time for everyone to examine what their contribution to this life will be. For me, I'm quite happy that I haven't had any children. My legacy will not be in them.
Ron