Job 14

This passage was pretty gloomy. There does not seem to be too much hope here. Our days are numbered, God knows how long we will be on earth, it is pre-planned. One gets the feeling that we are less than the plants, they have hope of springing back to life, we do not.

I could not help but think of yesterday and receiving the ashes reminding us of how mortal we are. Then reading this and hearing that God has numbered our days brings it home again. There is not even a happy ending, here anyway.

As Jordan reminds us, there is something to look forward to. Our Father does love us and gave us his son so that we can be redeemed. We can look forward to a ressurection after death. We will have a heavenly home. But while here we do need to remember 'from dust you came and from dust you will return'.