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[cimi]

June 1
Friday


READ:
Ecclesiastes 12:6-14
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Fear God and keep His
commandments, for
this is man's all.
---Eccleseiastes 12:13
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Scientist once thought that the vertebrate with the shortest lifespan was the turquoise killfish. This small fish lives in seasonal rain pools in equatorial Africa and must complete its life cycle in 12 weeks before the pools disappear.

But researchers from James Cook University in Australia have now found that the Pygmy goby has an even shorter lifespan. It lives fast and dies young. This tiny fish lives in coral reefs for an average of 56 days. Its rapid reproductive cycle is designed to help it avoid extinction.

What's the point of a life that goes so fast and ends so quickly? It's a question asked by one of the wisest men who ever lived. In his later years, Solomon, the third king of Israel, wandered from God. He became spiritually disoriented and lost his sense of direction and purpose. He looked at all of his accomplishments and found them worthless. Until he remembered his God (12:13-14), he forgot that we live not merely for ourselves but for the honor of the One who made us to worship and enjoy Him forever.

Significance is not found in the number of our days, but in what our eternal God says about how we have used them. __Mart De Haan
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~God gives to us the gift of time~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To use as best we can,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~To live each moment in His will~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~According to His plan. __Sper
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Life is short.
Live for God.

[lizzie]

Its amazing how God can send us the answer to our questions through others.In a moment of weakness I asked myself that same question today, in response to the news that a relative of a close friend was shot and killed. This man was one of the nicest people that Ive ever met, and always had the biggest smile on his face. It pained me that his life was cut short and he would never get to see his two little girls grow up. Sometimes we need to be reminded of the things we already know, because pain and hurt can cloud the truth. Thank you cimi for sharing this post. We should never forget that life on earth is just the trial run in preparation for the real thing, and how important it is to make the most of our days here,to build our relationship with our Lord and to do all we can to help those who are lost find their way back to Him, to do His Will.No matter what situations we face, we need to hold on to that, and instead of just making great plans for our future,to also live each day as if it were our last, because we truly dont know, when our time to leave this earth will come. Get right with God, while we have the time to do so.The people we havent brought ourselves to forgive, the words and deeds of love that we may holding back due to fear and pride.All the things left undone and unsaid, while we wait for the perfect time to do so. The time is now.