Thursday 21 July 2011

Graves, Mortality and all that.

Even though it’s just about 12 years since Gordon and I emigrated from South Africa to the UK, we still find


the old church grave-yards here a novelty.  Happy to report that our young grandchildren have had super-fun playing hide-and-seek among the mossy, rusty, leaning grave-stones.

Psalm 90:12 "Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom."
I guess numbering our days aright has something to do with getting real about our personal mortality.

Those sharp-edged yuppies of the eighties are now starting to plan for retirement, and in just another few decades, they will all be history.  No ways to dodge this one:  earthly life is like the mist.   People cannot pull of eternal life for people – but God can and has done so through Jesus Christ, for every believer.


Here is a link to an earlier post if you wish to explore "God lives on".


Double-click on images for an enhanced view of mortality.
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