길동무 2013년 11월 19일 화요일
TRAVELING COMPANION | |||||
For I am a stranger with You, a sojourner, as all my fathers were. -Psalm 39:12 | |||||
I looked up the members of my seminary graduating class recently and discovered that many of my friends are now deceased. It was a sober reminder of the brevity of life. Three score and ten, give or take a few years, and we’re gone (Ps. 90:10). Israel’s poet was right: We’re but strangers here and sojourners (39:12). The brevity of life makes us think about our “end”-the measure of our days and how fleeting they are (v.4), a feeling that grows more certain as we draw closer to the end of our lives. This world is not our home; we’re but strangers and sojourners here. Yet we are not alone on the journey. We are strangers and sojourners with God (39:12), a thought that makes the journey less troubling, less frightening, less worrisome. We pass through this world and into the next with a loving Father as our constant companion and guide. We’re strangers here on earth, but we are never alone on the journey (73:23-24). We have one who says, “I am with you always” (Matt. 28:20). We may lose sight of father, mother, spouse, and friends, but we always know that God is walking beside us. An old saying puts it like this: “Good company on the road makes the way to seem lighter.” -David Roper | |||||
My times are in my Father’s hand; How could I wish or ask for more? For He who has my pathway planned Will guide me till my journey’s o’er. -Fraser | |||||
As you travel life’s weary road,
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