Life's unpredictability
Life's unpredictability
Life is unpredictable and James 4:14b reminds us that "you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes." Reports of sudden deaths and tragedies echoed this fact everyday as we turn to the newspaper. But I guess no matter how much we can read from these reports, the fact never quite hit home until we experienced it ourselves.
My cousin was warded in hospital for more than a week already. She had initially complained about headaches and tiredness. When she felt wobbly and weak in her limbs, my nephew brought her to the hospital. A brain scan was done and the report revealed a tumour that had grown in her head. She was warded immediately for further checks and observation. Since then, her conscious level had been on and off - at times seemingly better but the next turning worse.
Visiting her and seeing her lying on the hospital bed made me realized how unpredictable life really is (though I definitely knew this fact) and how amd why there is much urgency in sharing the Word of God to those who have not known Him. Christmas has already been a time where we are reminded once again of God's greatest gift to humanity, and the need to give away this gift to those who need it - yet sadly, Christmas has been too commercialized and instead of the Christ-child being shared and "given" away, material gifts has replaced Him, and the joy of receiving the most precious gift of eternal life has also been replaced by the joy of receiving gifts in material forms. Have we become so short-sighted and pleasure seeking that our hearts are easily satisfied by material things?
May our Christmas this year be filled with the Christ-child, His peace and love, instead of all the material possessions that are being put awy into cupboards and shelves after they are unwrapped ...
Life is unpredictable and James 4:14b reminds us that "you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes." Reports of sudden deaths and tragedies echoed this fact everyday as we turn to the newspaper. But I guess no matter how much we can read from these reports, the fact never quite hit home until we experienced it ourselves.
My cousin was warded in hospital for more than a week already. She had initially complained about headaches and tiredness. When she felt wobbly and weak in her limbs, my nephew brought her to the hospital. A brain scan was done and the report revealed a tumour that had grown in her head. She was warded immediately for further checks and observation. Since then, her conscious level had been on and off - at times seemingly better but the next turning worse.
Visiting her and seeing her lying on the hospital bed made me realized how unpredictable life really is (though I definitely knew this fact) and how amd why there is much urgency in sharing the Word of God to those who have not known Him. Christmas has already been a time where we are reminded once again of God's greatest gift to humanity, and the need to give away this gift to those who need it - yet sadly, Christmas has been too commercialized and instead of the Christ-child being shared and "given" away, material gifts has replaced Him, and the joy of receiving the most precious gift of eternal life has also been replaced by the joy of receiving gifts in material forms. Have we become so short-sighted and pleasure seeking that our hearts are easily satisfied by material things?
May our Christmas this year be filled with the Christ-child, His peace and love, instead of all the material possessions that are being put awy into cupboards and shelves after they are unwrapped ...
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