living in the light of eternity.
Show me, O Lord, my life's end and the number of my days. Let
me know how fleeting my life is. Psalm 39, 4 and 5. Richard Baxter This life was
not intended to be the place of our rest. Let us live as strangers
and pilgrims longing for a better country. You have no time but
what is given to you by God, and it is given to you to use
for Him. Live as men who must shortly
die, and as men who must live forever. Thomas Boston Since
time is so uncertain, we must live every day as if it were
our last. When we lie down at night, we
do not know if we shall rise in the morning. Thomas Brooks. The world is but a great inn
where we are to lodge a night, and to be gone in the morning.
Oh, that we would consider this, that we might sit loose from
all things below, and use the world as travellers use their
inns. Eternity is at the door. Let
us not dream away our time in the pursuit of vanities. Jonathan
Edwards Time is far more precious than money, and yet there is
nothing that is so much wasted as time. Resolved, never do anything
which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my
life. John Flavel God has set eternity
in our hearts, yet how often do we foolishly barter it away
for momentary pleasures. Man's life is a shadow, a dream,
a flower, a vapor. It is but a moment between the
cradle and the grave. William Gurnall. Time is a rich
treasure. See that you do not spend it
unprofitably. Redeem it, because it is precious. Redeem it, because it is short. John Owen. God has given us a
short time here upon the earth, and we must give an account for
how we have spent it. Consider the shortness and uncertainty
of time, and the eternity that is to come. Do not set your hearts
on fleeting things. Thomas Manton. It is folly to
set our hearts upon that which is so uncertain, and to neglect
that which is eternal. Live as if you were presently
to die, and as if the day of judgment were at hand. Samuel
Rutherford Do not build your nest here on earth. Set your
heart on heaven. Let it be your home and treasure. Thomas Watson Eternity to the
godly is a day that has no sunset. Eternity to the wicked is a night
that has no sunrise. Live in the world as a traveler
in an inn whose home is in another country. Time is short, death
is certain, and eternity is long. Live as if you are on the brink
of heaven Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a
heart of wisdom. Psalm 90, 12.