At the end of each year, of course we are led to reflect on our decisions, achievements and projects: we abandon some, we keep others, we readjust some. Such a thought should not be made alone at the beginning of the year, however, the mark of a long period of time left (after all, 365 days is a long time) encourages us to perform this exercise, so I encourage the reader to think personally: what was the criterion he used to evaluate himself and look for new guidelines?
The Word of God tells us in Psalm 90. 12: “Show us to tell our days, that we may reach a wise heart. “In other words, what the Psalmist says is that to act wisely for life, we must bear in mind that death is an inevitable reality.
- It is interesting to see how the current generation avoids this problem.
- Living as if it were immortal.
- However.
- Is it true that with each passing day.
- We are closer to the end?Although the topics are usually superficial.
- Some have a certain degree.
- Wisdom.
- And this is certainly one of them.
- I also remember hearing my grandmother say.
- “Die.
- Just live.
- “This does not mean that we must live in despair at all times.
- But to understand that our lives are limited.
Psalm 90. 10 says: “The days of our lives go up to seventy years or, if there is vigour, until the age of eighty; in this case, the best of them is tiredness and boredom, because everything happens fast, and we fly?Therefore, we know that even if we do not have our lives shortened by the tragedy of an illness or accident, it is unlikely that each of us will live for a century, and even those who achieve this longevity must learn to deal with fatigue. boredom. It’s going fast, we’re flying!” Man is like a breath; your days are like the shadow that passes. ?? Psalm 144. 4; And? All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of grass. Has the grass dried and its flower fallen?(I Peter 1. 24).
There’s no point in wanting to live your whole life as if you’ve never aged and never died, to keep behaving like a teenager when you’re no longer a teenager, or as a young adult when you’ve already crossed the middle-aged barrier. This is characteristic of a “man”, a type of man who only has gray grays, but whose behavior denounces stupidity. This is also true for women. How many girls we see around to show us on social media partying and reject with useless behaviors opportunities to become virtuous and wise. Each age carries the responsibilities of a stage of life. Avoiding these responsibilities is nothing more than trying to deny the inevitability of death.
Whether in the new year, or in any calendar period when we have to go through self-assessment and decision-making, the right thing to do is to give death the weight it has, to redeem time and not waste the gift of life the Lord has given us. May Solomon’s words in Ecclesiastes 7. 2 resonate as a great wisdom: “It is better to go home where there is mourning than to go to the house where there is a feast; because in this we see the end of all men, and to live apply it to their hearts?