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Eternity<br />
Tuesday, March 31, <strong>2015</strong><br />
The Key to Abundant Living<br />
READ: John 10:9-11<br />
KEY VERSE: I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it<br />
more abundantly. –John 9:10 (NKJV)<br />
It is no secret that American culture is youth obsessed. There are daily<br />
barrages of advertisements for “antiaging” products and diets. While there<br />
is no harm in looking and feeling healthier, all this attention to youth may<br />
conceal the fear of human frailty. In truth there is no such thing as antiaging.<br />
Shirley Guthrie’s book Christian Doctrine speaks to the reality of human<br />
finitude: “Creaturely life at best is fragile, vulnerable and temporary.”<br />
Eternal connotes immortality or an infinite amount of time, and humanity has<br />
neither. We have the promise of eternal life through the resurrected Christ.<br />
However, we can live ageless while here on earth by embracing our finitude.<br />
Carpe diem! Seize the day and, as John 9:4 says, “work while it is day.”<br />
– Minister Rosalind Brooks<br />
LOOKING WITHIN: How could rethinking God’s promises help change my<br />
outlook on aging and dying?<br />
Eternal God, I thank and praise you for my life here on earth. May I work<br />
while it is still day and rejoice when I see you face to face. Amen.<br />
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