Posts Tagged ‘eternity’
Short Life
I’m not a tall guy – I’m probably of average height. Let’s not talk about average weight and such. I turned 55 in October and I think a lot more about the end of my life than the beginning until now. I find myself reflecting a good bit. I wonder if I’ll live until I’m…
Read More30 Days or 30 Years
Sometimes when I reflect on my life, I wonder where in the world has the time gone. Some days it seems like forever since I was a 16-year-old boy at home just getting my freedom to drive. On other days, it seems like yesterday that my oldest son was born. Today I’m trying to remember…
Read MoreInheritance
I thing that this word is a word that can be a synonym with gift. An inheritance is a lot like a gift but it’s given because of some prior relationship. It can be possessions that are left behind by a friend or family member. It can also be characteristic or trait given genetically…
Read MorePlague of Death
I’m not sure how old I was when my Great Grandma died. I just remember the grief of my family. I think that may have been my earliest memory of someone near me dying. Now that I’m older, I been near death many times. I still struggle with the reality of death. It seems…
Read MoreFinal Days
I’ve been around people who have lived a good long life and they are entering their final days. I’ve also been around people who are really too young to be in their final days, but disease or sickness has shortened their life here on earth. When the person in his or her final days…
Read MoreRescued
I remember an incident that happened to me one of the last times I went white water rafting. I was on a guided trip with a church group going down the Ocoee River. I had my son with me in the raft and he was 12 at the time, I think. The guide had…
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