An angry motorist went back to a garage where he had
purchased an expensive battery for his car six months earlier. "Listen," the
motorist grumbled to the owner of the garage, "when I bought that battery you
said it would be the last battery my car would ever need. It died after only six
months!"
"Sorry," apologized the garage owner. "I didn't think
your car would last longer than that."
We live in a day and time when we expect everything to
come with a lifetime warranty. We don't want our battery to ever wear out. We
don't want our car to ever wear out. And yes, it's even true that we don't want
our bodies to wear out. But each and every day we are reminded of what Peter
said:
"All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as
the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away, but the
word of the LORD endures forever." (I Peter 1:24-25)
We live in a world composed of that which is
temporary. Nothing which is material will last forever. All will eventually
fade. All will eventually pass away. Only that which has its foundation in God
and His Word will live on.
May you live your life so as to be grounded in that
which will never be destroyed!
Have a great day!
Alan Smith
Innisfil, ON, Canada
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