What are you doing with your hyphen?
We had a substitute Sunday school teacher a couple of weeks ago. During the course of his lesson he mentioned visiting Patrick Henry's burial site and seeing his dates of birth and death, separated by a hyphen. He went on to talk about how that hyphen is what our lives are, that space between when we are born and when we die, however long.
Then this Sunday one of the passages our pastor used in his message was James 4:14 "whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away."
A vapor. That's it. It's significant and yet it isn't. Think of the impact it can be though.
So now I'm thinking a lot about my hyphen.
- Kayren
- I'm a believer in Christ, a wife for 26 years, and a stay-at-home, homeschooling mom of four great kids, including twin daughters who are 18, and two sons who are 15 and 12. I was officially diagnosed with breast cancer on May 5, 2011. We are a retired military family finding our way in the civilian world. I have a passion for organization, although my family and friends would call it an obsession. I'm an accountant by trade, but would love to be a professional organizer someday. This is a little bit of our journey through life, where we keep faraway family and friends updated, and meet some really neat people along the way. Thanks for dropping by!
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I've heard that message before and it doesn't hurt to hear it again. I don't want to waste my hyphen!
Good thoughts, Kayren!
That 'vapor' part always gets me. Here...and gone...
This life is our proving grounds though. How do we face the challanges of day to day life? How do we use our talents while here on the earth? How do we treat others? This is our time to prepare for eternity. It may be just a hyphen but it is of such importance.
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