Imagine this scenario. You go to the doctor and he tells you that you have a terminal illness and you have only a short while to live.What do you do?
You'd get a second opinion, right?
And, what do you when that doctor agrees with the first doctor?
You'd get a third opinion, right?
They all agree that at best, you have a year to live. They tell you there will be no effects of the illness until the very end when the disease has reached the end of its course.
When do you stop seeking opinions and live what's left of your life?
In the Handbook to Wisdom by Kenneth Boa he says this, "How would this scenario affect your vision of life, your roles on this earth, and the way you should invest your remaining time? The degree to which it would alter your remaining time? The degree to which it would alter your present perspective and practice is the distance between your current view of live and biblical view of life. The latter emphasizes the brevity of our earthly sojourn and stresses the urgency of investing our most precious asset, time, in a way that will have lasting consequences. The former view typically denies the imminence of death and, for all practical purposes, treats the temporal as though it were eternal."
"Lord, make me to know my end and what is the measure of my days; and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life." -- Psalms 39:4
"Teach me to number my days, that I may gain a heart of wisdom." -- Psalms 90:12
What would you do in this situation?
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