Brevity of life Scriptures
With the recent passing of my mother into glory it has caused me to reflect on a number of Scriptures about the brevity of life. It is quite sobering to grasp just how short life is but a reminder that life is a gift to be lived to the full.
After a while I came up with the following -
- 2 Samuel 14:14 - water spilled on the ground
- 1 Chronicles 29:15, Psalm 144:4 - a shadow
- Job 7:6-7- the wind
- Job 9:25-26- Like a swift messenger, a swift ship, or a swooping eagle
- Job 14:1- a flower
- Psalm 103:15-16 - grass
- Psalm 78:39 - wind
- Psalm 90:9- a sigh
- Psalm 144:4 Job 6:7 - a breath
- James 4:14 - vapor
I thought about how to best do a search for this but ended up putting this list together by bits and pieces. Can anyone suggest the best way to do this type of search in Logos since it has so many facets? Also, I'd be interested if others wish to add to this list. I know that there are other Scripture that use the same comparison but can you find other metaphors or similes?
As the old saying goes "Only one life, twill soon be past. Only what's done for Christ will last"? By the way, does anyone know who originally wrote this?
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Bruce Dunning said:
As the old saying goes "Only one life, twill soon be past. Only what's done for Christ will last"? By the way, does anyone know who originally wrote this?
C.T. Studd wrote a poem that has these lines in it. I do not know if he is the original author or if he was quoting an earlier source. ~per Google earch
EDIT: Read the Wikipedia article on Charles Studd and see how he lived by those words.
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יְמֵי־שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ בָהֶם שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וְאִם בִּגְבוּרֹת שְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה וְרָהְבָּם עָמָל וָאָוֶן
Ps 90.10
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gfsomselיְמֵי־שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ בָהֶם שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וְאִם בִּגְבוּרֹת שְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה וְרָהְבָּם עָמָל וָאָוֶן
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I was kind of hoping a few more people might contribute to this and try to answer some of my questions.
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Bruce,
Stay strong, man!
When I read your post, 1Pet. 1:24-25 leapt to mind.
1Pet. 1:24-25 grass, flowers
-->Isa. 40:6b-8
I dug deeper and just now was able to find a metaphor, but applied to enemies of God:
Ps. 73:20 dream
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I ran a Topic Guide on "Life" and it gave me the option to run a Topic Guide on "Brevity of Human Life" which gave several results as well.
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Bruce Dunning said:
I thought about how to best do a search for this but ended up putting this list together by bits and pieces. Can anyone suggest the best way to do this type of search in Logos since it has so many facets? Also, I'd be interested if others wish to add to this list. I know that there are other Scripture that use the same comparison but can you find other metaphors or similes?
In addition to the topic guide mentioned, I would check cross references for the verses you've listed, and probably look up some of the other references.
Then I've enter all the references you've found as an OR search across my entire library. If you short that by rank, you should find places where these references are discussed:
One passage from the WBC commentary on Job that you can see listed above, gives a cloud (Job 7:9), and a dream (Job 20:8, Psalm 39:6) as additional metaphors that aren't in your list.
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Peace and Blessing Bruce ..........
........ not from Logos but from my Head and Heart ................ !!!
Jesus Incarnation and His Life and Suffering and Death ........ for me! *smile*
gives me meaning and understanding as to .. What time is it???, eh???
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Philippians 4: 4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand..........
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Thanks everyone. Mark, I especially appreciate you finding a few more metaphors.
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Milford Charles Murray said:
Peace and Blessing Bruce ..........
........ not from Logos but from my Head and Heart ................ !!!
Jesus Incarnation and His Life and Suffering and Death ........ for me! *smile*
gives me meaning and understanding as to .. What time is it???, eh???
As always Milford, your comments are most encouraging. Thank you!
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