"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end ... I know that everything God does will endure forever;nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does this so that men will revere him." Ecc. 3:11&14...
These words are so simple yet so powerful and what I learned from this is very simple: DEATH and LIFE equate on the scale of mankind. We value them, because we are human. Being that we are finite objects created in the image of God and placed upon this earth, we tend to forget the true essence of them; it's a reminder of the thoughts that God has towards us and the time and circumstances in which He's placed us.
Death is a hard thing to accept because its a gradual process. We're born, we live life, we get old, we approach death. But with death comes acceptance of responsibilities, actions, faults, realizations and simply how fragile life is. It allows us to question where time has gone and have we done valueable things with this time we have. I say fragile in a sense that you can be easily forgotten if the legacy you leave is just living your life. Death humbles you, though you may cry for the loss of a loved one, it makes you see the value of life and realize life is not always promised to us in a great abundance. God showed us death so that we may respect Him first, He placed this burden upon man so that they could choose accordingly what to do and how to do it. We have spiritual death also, and this completely separates us from God. So imagine two deaths and just one life, it sounds weird but its like this No Spirit, No Soul just an empty Body.
Life is the gradual process. We born into this world, destined to be something, to do something and create a legacy worth leaving behind. Just the thought of pregnancy it resembles death also; the child's eyes are closed, not being able to see the light, feel actual flesh, or speak with a voice and move fully without causing pain to the mother. Once out the womb, the child is exposed to everything: Sounds, Images, and Feelings. We cry when life is given because its so new and so fresh. We see the blessing bestowed upon us. We acknowledge how valueable life is once it starts out small and grows. God makes life simple and beautiful. Life is beautiful only if we allow God to manifest in it. We have spiritual life also, we are born into a world to do something and to create a legacy worth leaving behind. God let His son be an example in how we ought to live. The legacy He left not only impacted the nation at that time but touched many generations to see how beautiful a life can be despite the hardships, despite the risks and how letting God's love manifest through His life for all to see at this present time we live in. Simply Beautiful.
DEATH and LIFE equate to each other....we value the rolls they play but we need to value the writer of it.
BRIII
