Posted on June 3, 2009 - by rfrank

What is life?

The past few days have been long and hard for a few of our best friends at church. Their sister-in-law was tragically killed in an auto accident on Sunday afternoon when a teenager  blew through a stop sign and hit their van (read the story here). It threw both cars into a house where the house and vehicles both caught fire. The children are all okay, but their mom is in heaven with Jesus.

James had the right perspective on life when he said, “You do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away” (4:14).

Place a tea kettle of water on the stove. As it heats to the boiling point the water turns to steam, but that steam doesn’t fill the kitchen; it disappears about a foot above the kettle. God tells us that our lives are like a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

Life is short! The older I get the shorter it seems! Each one of us have a “window of opportunity” today. Don’t neglect the important things in life. We aren’t guarenteed of tomorrow.