Going Home
Ecclesiastes 12:5-7 (KJV)
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
The older I get the more at peace I am with going to my “long home.” Today’s reflection is on the phrases describing death.
The silver cord be loosed
Life is a thread on which we hold. As the years go on our strength to hang on grows weaker. The cord of life is not weaker. It continues on for generations unknown. We simply lose our hold.
The golden bowl be broken
How precious we view our life. The body which contains it is treasured as godlike to some. Youth often see their vessel as invincible. Eventually that bowl loses its luster and finally succumbs.
The pitcher broken at the fountain
In youth, we serve as a channel. We not only contain life but reproduce life, enable life, train equip, and feed life. At some point we lose the ability to reproduce and not much after we are no longer those who serve as vessels to sustain life.
The wheel broken at the cistern
The wheel denotes work, production. In youth, our hands and feet produce goods and services deemed valuable to others. One day that wheel will break.
God gave us life. One day we who are saved, enter into the presence of God.
Are you ready to go to your long home?
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Ecclesiastes 12:5-7 (KJV) Going Home
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