Tuesday's slice of bread

A weekly post premised on this: Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord (Prov. 16:20)

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Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Life
I turned the television on and caught the last part of a commercial for some kind of beverage.  The tag line seemed to be "life is short; summer is shorter." 
None of us likes to give much if any thought to the brevity of life.  No matter how many years any of us lives, compared to eternity, they are few.
Moses must have been thinking about that when he wrote what we refer to as Psalm 90.  The 17 verses of this psalm are rich.  We get to listen as  a man pours out his heart to his God, and make those requests ours as well.
A prayer of Moses, the man of God.
"Lord, you have been our dwelling place to all generations.
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
You return man to dust and say, "Return, O children of man!"
But a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.
You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning; in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.
For we are brought to an end by your anger; by your wrath we are dismayed.
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
The years of our lives are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone,and we fly away.
Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you?
So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Return, O Lord!  How long?  Have pity on your servants!
Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many days as we have seen evil.
Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands; yes, establish the work of our hands!"

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