Am I standing at the threshold? Over the past week, and beyond, we have been surrounded by "binijimapbat"--finishing. There were two funerals here in Barunga, and a friend of ours is currently suffering through cancer with only a short time left here on earth.
This past week as I've sat with our friend and his family and as I've witnessed the funerals, it serves to remind me that our time here is short. Before we know it, we will be gone. Sometimes I live my life with the thought, "Oh, I've got time. I've got plenty of time." But in reality, we don't know how much time we've got left. It was only a little over a year ago that I met Silas, and he was a healthy man, who didn't seem to have any health troubles. He went to work each day, came home, interacted with family, went to bed and started it all over the next day. Now, things have changed considerably. He's currently standing at the threshold of heaven, and he could be crossing over any day now.
I don't have cancer. I'm not even feeling sick today. But as I hear the mourning wails, as I see the tears flowing freely from the eyes of family and friends, I have to think, "Perhaps today? Perhaps soon I will be standing in the presence of the Lord?" Do I live my life as though I'm standing at the threshold of heaven?
"As for man his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD's love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children-- with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts."
Psalm 103:15-18
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