When birthdays come near, we just judge automatically how long this person still has to live among us..obviously someone turning 15, we don't write on his facebook wall "Rabena ytawellena fi 3omrak..Rabena ykhalik lina"..we take for granted that he still has long life..unlike birthday wishes of someone in his late seventies!
I just cant help myself thinking of all the lives that left us to a better place earlier than we thought...lives that blessed us, and encouraged us, so many examples, Nathalie, Raja, Meral,... Sad but true, first thing I do, when i read that someone left us, specially young ones, i go and check their "facebook" page..suddenly a whole life is revealed in front of my eyes..you see posted in their "timeline" their days, their actions, trips, comments, thoughts, memories, a whole life giving a deeper meaning to separation..a different ache in the heart..a real close one!
It just made me think, of what is written in James (يعقوب)
هَلُمَّ الآنَ أيُّها القائلونَ: «نَذهَبُ اليومَ أو غَدًا إلَى هذِهِ المدينةِ أو تِلكَ، وهناكَ نَصرِفُ سنَةً واحِدَةً ونَتَّجِرُ ونَربَحُ». أنتُمُ الّذينَ لا تعرِفونَ أمرَ الغَدِ! لأنَّهُ ما هي حَياتُكُم؟ إنَّها بُخارٌ، يَظهَرُ قَليلًا ثُمَّ يَضمَحِلُّ. (يعقوبَ 4:13, 14 AVDDV)
Yes, our life will be on this "timeline" we leave behind, be it on facebook or in the hearts of people around us! What posts or uploaded memories we want to be tagged in..thank God we can edit and delete what's on our wall..but real life doesnt have that luxury!
I thank the Holy spirit that James continued it perfectly in the next verse:
فمَنْ يَعرِفُ أنْ يَعمَلَ حَسَنًا ولا يَعمَلُ، فذلكَ خَطيَّةٌ لهُ. (يعقوبَ 4:17 AVDDV)
Dear God, I thank for telling us
"Be on your guard [constantly alert], and watch and pray; for you do not know when the time will come. (Mark 13:33 AMP)"
I thank you for letting me know that every day is a precious gift, that i should embrace every minute of it. I pray to have the open eyes and heart to see what i leave behind me..and to know that you are there watching over me. In Jesus name, Amen!
Lets be ready my friends!
I just cant help myself thinking of all the lives that left us to a better place earlier than we thought...lives that blessed us, and encouraged us, so many examples, Nathalie, Raja, Meral,... Sad but true, first thing I do, when i read that someone left us, specially young ones, i go and check their "facebook" page..suddenly a whole life is revealed in front of my eyes..you see posted in their "timeline" their days, their actions, trips, comments, thoughts, memories, a whole life giving a deeper meaning to separation..a different ache in the heart..a real close one!
It just made me think, of what is written in James (يعقوب)
هَلُمَّ الآنَ أيُّها القائلونَ: «نَذهَبُ اليومَ أو غَدًا إلَى هذِهِ المدينةِ أو تِلكَ، وهناكَ نَصرِفُ سنَةً واحِدَةً ونَتَّجِرُ ونَربَحُ». أنتُمُ الّذينَ لا تعرِفونَ أمرَ الغَدِ! لأنَّهُ ما هي حَياتُكُم؟ إنَّها بُخارٌ، يَظهَرُ قَليلًا ثُمَّ يَضمَحِلُّ. (يعقوبَ 4:13, 14 AVDDV)
Yes, our life will be on this "timeline" we leave behind, be it on facebook or in the hearts of people around us! What posts or uploaded memories we want to be tagged in..thank God we can edit and delete what's on our wall..but real life doesnt have that luxury!
I thank the Holy spirit that James continued it perfectly in the next verse:
فمَنْ يَعرِفُ أنْ يَعمَلَ حَسَنًا ولا يَعمَلُ، فذلكَ خَطيَّةٌ لهُ. (يعقوبَ 4:17 AVDDV)
Dear God, I thank for telling us
"Be on your guard [constantly alert], and watch and pray; for you do not know when the time will come. (Mark 13:33 AMP)"
I thank you for letting me know that every day is a precious gift, that i should embrace every minute of it. I pray to have the open eyes and heart to see what i leave behind me..and to know that you are there watching over me. In Jesus name, Amen!
Lets be ready my friends!
