Life is Short! Don't Waste It in Trivial Pursuits!

How short is our life? The Scripture tells us that our life is like "a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14). Wow! That's brief!!  Just today I ran across another metaphor that helps us get a grip on just how short are lives really are ... especially against the backdrop of eternity. This metaphor involves the Mayfly. If we were Mayflies, our lives would look something like this:

- Born, 7 AM
- Reach our teens, 8:57 AM
- Have kids, between 10 AM and Noon
- Reach 50th birthday, 2:30 PM
- Retire - 4:30 PM
- Die at age 80, 7 PM

Friends, talk about a "here today and gone tomorrow" sort of existence - that is you and me! In light of this, let's get intentional about the exhortation given to us by the Apostle Paul in Ephesians 5:15-16a when he writes, "Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity."

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pj