JANUARY
28
Genesis 47:25 -- Genesis 50:23
NO ESCAPE IN DEATH
GENESIS 47:29
"And the time
drew nigh that Israel must die."
The older we become, the more we
realize that God’s Word is true when it says that it is
appointed unto man that he or she must die. It is the
final event in everyone’s life. We cannot escape it. We
cannot practice for it. There can be no dress rehearsal.
May I be so close to the Lord, that when my death comes,
I will slip to the other side in peace. I do not want to
make a scene. But we cannot know what death does to us,
nor how we will behave.
From all I have been told by those
who were there, I believe David, our son, though in
pain, went HOME quickly, bravely, and welcoming his
final end. His breath was taken from him--that holy
"life-breath" that had been passed down to him from
Adam’s day to us in this century. My mother had a
failing-end with days of departing--not month upon month
and years. My father died instantly in his wheel chair
in his yard.
May God be gracious to you and me in
death. It is all part of that "unknown future.’" We
wonder what Heaven will be like. What joy it be to see
Jesus! "Not my will, but Thine be done! " (ysw)
"I AM HELPED"
(Psalm 28:7)
The Lord is my strength and my shield.
My heart trusted in Him and I am
helped.
Therefore, my heart greatly rejoices,
and with my song will I praise Him.
Since He is our shield and defense in
this life, and our strength for the day’s battle,
we grieve the heart of God when we try
to defend and sustain our self.
Rejoicing and song come only from a
heart which is helped by trusting in Him. (GGS)
