"The days of mortals are like grass; they bloom
like a flower of the field; but the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
his field will not see him again. But the Lord's kindness is forever
with those who fear him; so is his justice, for their children's
children... The Lord has set his throne in heaven; he rules, he has
power. Praise the Lord!" (Psalm 103:15-17,19)
So,
what is life? According to Merriam - Webster's online dictionary, it is
the sequence of physical and mental experiences that make up the
existence of an individual. It is the period from birth to death.
Stress, anxiety, boredom, frustration, happiness, laughter and tears are
all part of this sequence.
How should we live this life?
Accept the fact that all these experiences are part of the sequence of
events that make up our existence. We would not be what we were made to
be without them. As long as we are still walking this earth, our life is
still not over. We are still a work-in-progress. God is not finished
with us yet. We would not know what we would truly become until the end
of our days when we finally come to meet our Maker face to face.
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| "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." (Ephesians 2:10 -ESV) |
How to live life on earth? A certain
evangelical Christian pastor wrote that life is a preparation for the
next. He also wrote that it is a dress rehearsal for the real show which
is eternity with God. So that's it. Our purpose here on earth is to
practice living life in communion with God to prepare ourselves for
eternity. As Shakespeare had also written in one of his poems, all the
world's a stage and we are all the actors. So we are but actors
practicing our roles for God's eternal drama in heaven.
