... in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, and thus become a part of God's family, the Church. For about two months she attended a class of instruction. It was not always easy for her to attend, because of her physical condition. Nevertheless, she attended the sessions and indicated that she had learned a great deal from them. On Sunday, October 30th, she had to arise at 3:00 a.m. so by the time she came to church she would be stable. Kim was frequently dizzy, especially when she first got up in the morning. To ...
... human qualities of much greater significance in determining the value of life. They soon learn to value life by other things than productive capacity, Things like love and trust, sympathy and patience, honesty and a transparent spirit are infinitely greater indicators of real value to life. These things have the ability, even in very uncomplicated situations, to create strong relational bonds, which, in the final analysis, are what declare life to be of value. Two things in particular deepen and strengthen ...
... how short the span of your years will be? Can you become really mature, "Get a heart of wisdom," until you have faced squarely your own death and lived accordingly? "Teach us to number our days" - that's a lesson we all need. And, the psalmist indicates that in this subject, the best teacher is death itself. How does death instruct us about life? In several ways. First, death punctuates life. It marks the end of life. It underscores our time limitations. We arrive at one point in time and depart at another ...
... thing; the sound of the real voice, the look on the real face, the body visible. How they, like we, would miss the day-by-day sharing and growing and living.At the very least, Christ was saying that today's experience with each other is tomorrow's memory. He indicates that we had better make every event count, because soon, sooner that we want, we "go away." We leave.We know what this is all about. All of us here have had to let someone go whom we were not ready to release, and here we are again, straining ...