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January 4
Friday


WHAT WILL
YOU WRITE?
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READ:
You do not know what
will happen tomorrow.
For what is your life?
It is even a vapor that
appears for a little time
and then vanishes away.
__ James 4:14
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In January 2006, a mine explosion in rural West Virginia threatened the lives of 13 coal miners. Having grown up in that state, I was among the millions riveted to the news for the next few days. Tragically, all but one of the miners were found dead. To compound the pain of that loss, the first reports given to the families said that all but one had been found alive. When the grim news of the deaths came, the grief was compounded with anger__ and a desire to blame someone for the whole gut-wrenching event.

At one of the funerals, however, Rev. Wease Day asked the hurting to look in a different direction__within. During their last hours, some of the miners had written notes to their families, in some cases offering comfort and hope. In light of that, Pastor Day urged his congregation not to seek to fix blame. He instead challenged them to imagine what they would write in a farewell note if they had only hours to live.

In some ways we are like those miners. We are trapped in a dark world and are facing physical death. How we live our lives as followers of Christ becomes our "note" to the world. James wrote that life is "a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away" (4:14). By God's grace, what will you write with your life today? __ Bill Crowder
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Lord and Savior, Christ divine,~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Reign within this heart of mine;~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~May my witness ever be~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~always, only, Lord for Thee. __ Brandt~~~~~~~~~~
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******************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 90**************

1 LORD, You have been our
dwelling place in all
generations. 2 Before the
mountains were brought
forth, or ever You had
formed the earth and the
world, even from everlasting
to everlasting, You are God.

3 You turn man to
destruction, and say,
"Return, O children of
men." 4 For a thousand
years in Your sight are like
yesterday when it is past,
and like a watch in the
night....

7 For we have been
consumed by Your anger,
and by Your wrath we are
terrified. 8 You have set our
iniquities before You, our
secret sins in the light of
Your countenance. 9 For all
our days have passed away
in Your wrath; we finish our
years like a sigh. 10 The
days of our lives are seventy
years; and if by reason of
strength they are eighty
years, yet their boast is only
labor and sorrow; for it is
soon cut off, and we fly
away....

13 Return, O LORD! How
long? And have compassion
on Your servants. 14 Oh,
satisfy us early with Your
mercy, that we may rejoice
and be glad all our days!...

16 Let Your work appear to
Your servants, and Your
glory to their children.
17 And let the beauty of the
LORD our God be upon us,
and establish the work of
our hands for us; yes,
establish the work of our
hands.

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Psalm 90 is the only song in the book of psalms directly attributed
to Moses. There has been speculation that Moses also wrote Psalm
91 as a sequel, but that psalm nonetheless remains anonymous.
__ WEC