You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 2 Timothy 2:3
The news report this morning stated that nearly 200 veterans would gather to remember the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France. Average age of 100 among these long-serving veterans of what to us may seem a long ago event. 100 years old on average, that's some age going on there!
When we say that no one among us knows what tomorrow may bring, often it is a bit ominous, like that proverbial bullet or cement truck is just waiting for the next day to strike us from this earth. Yet, you or I may need to prepare to be here a while too. 200 veterans in Normandy have shown us this morning that it can and does happen. Any one of us may be like those two older folks awaiting the birth of Christ at the temple in Jerusalem in the Gospel of Luke. The stories of Anna and Simeon both tell of great age, and we can see long serving and waiting too. While we might live like there is no tomorrow, we might also want to live with prudence as there might be a whole lot of those tomorrows too.
Have a wonderful day in Christ today... He may come tomorrow, or we may see some long waiting.
Bucky
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