英文灵修文章-A Fleeting Shadow

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A Fleeting Shadow TGIF Today God Is First, by Os Hillman 

Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow. - Psalm 144:4

人好像一口气。他的年日，如同影儿快快过去。诗篇144：4

Every time I fly over a large body of water, I imagine opening the window of the jet and pouring out my coffee into the immense body of water below. I imagine the time that I spend on this earth compared to eternity is no more than that cup of coffee. The incredible size of the ocean compared to one small cup of coffee is what our life is like compared to eternity. Why then do we invest so much in temporal pursuits when we know that our investment here can have so much impact on our eternity? It is the great paradox of human behavior, especially for Christians.

Does your business/work life have an overall ministry objective to it? This does not mean we must be constantly involved in "Christian activity." It only means that we should be about what God has called us to do with the motive of being obedient to this mission. Do not let the worries and cares of this life keep you from having an eternal impact on the lives of those you meet each day. Satan has a way of keeping our focus on the problems of today rather than the spiritual opportunities before us. He is master of the urgent, not the important.

Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain (1 Corinthians 15:58).

所以我亲爱的弟兄们，你们务要坚固不空摇动，常常竭力多作主工，因为知道你们的劳苦，在主里面不是徒然的。哥林多前书 15:58

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Blaze1015

Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow.

thus, the way we choose to go in our life does count!