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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 2020
Have you ever thought how death is what makes life so valuable and crucial? The end brings value and purpose to the journey, because we don’t know how much time we have. Every day, any day, could be the last. We just don’t know. This creates an urgency that, honestly, few embrace, in fact, most ignore. So many folks live in denial that the end is coming.
When we’re young, it is really easy to live like we have 60-70 years ahead of us and statistics prove that may be true. But, still, no one knows. Yet we all assume we’re the exception. But this is also why when a young person is tragically killed; it is so devastating to family, friends, and the community. It drives home the reality of a short-lived life.
But the real tragedy is not a short-lived life, but an un-lived life. Linda Ellis wrote a poem simply called “The Dash.” She refers to the birth year and the death year on every headstone, but writes the line: “What matters most of all is the dash between those years.” When she writes and speaks, she encourages people with this advice: “Live your dash!”
In Deuteronomy 30, we hear God speaking to the children of Israel through Moses:
“Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life. And if you love and obey the Lord, you will live long in the land …” (Deut. 30:19-20 NLT)
Listen once again to these words in verse 20: You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life.
Funny how every human seeks the key to life and God has told us clearly in just one verse where it can be found. Teach this truth to your children. Life has a beginning, an end, and a dash in between. They can live their dash well with no regrets if they will follow the key to life: Loving God. … Why can’t it really be that simple?
Let’s pray: “Father, help me to choose your life and live that in front of my kids. Help me to love You and show that to my kids. Help me to obey and commit my life to You and pass that on to my kids. As above, so below.”
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Have you ever thought how death is what makes life so valuable and crucial? The end brings value and purpose to the journey, because we don’t know how much time we have. Every day, any day, could be the last. We just don’t know. This creates an urgency that, honestly, few embrace, in fact, most ignore. So many folks live in denial that the end is coming.
When we’re young, it is really easy to live like we have 60-70 years ahead of us and statistics prove that may be true. But, still, no one knows. Yet we all assume we’re the exception. But this is also why when a young person is tragically killed; it is so devastating to family, friends, and the community. It drives home the reality of a short-lived life.
But the real tragedy is not a short-lived life, but an un-lived life. Linda Ellis wrote a poem simply called “The Dash.” She refers to the birth year and the death year on every headstone, but writes the line: “What matters most of all is the dash between those years.” When she writes and speaks, she encourages people with this advice: “Live your dash!”
In Deuteronomy 30, we hear God speaking to the children of Israel through Moses:
“Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life. And if you love and obey the Lord, you will live long in the land …” (Deut. 30:19-20 NLT)
Listen once again to these words in verse 20: You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life.
Funny how every human seeks the key to life and God has told us clearly in just one verse where it can be found. Teach this truth to your children. Life has a beginning, an end, and a dash in between. They can live their dash well with no regrets if they will follow the key to life: Loving God. … Why can’t it really be that simple?
Let’s pray: “Father, help me to choose your life and live that in front of my kids. Help me to love You and show that to my kids. Help me to obey and commit my life to You and pass that on to my kids. As above, so below.”