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COME TO KNOW YOUR CREATOR BEFORE
AGE MAKES IT TOO DIFFICULT FOR YOU.
(Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 NEB).
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"Sun and light of day gives place to darkness" |
Eyesight begins to wane. |
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"Guardians of the house tremble" |
Hands and limbs begin to shake. |
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"Strong men stoop" |
When back and abdominal muscles
of once strong men become weak. |
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"Women grinding the meal... are few" |
Loss of teeth through decay. |
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"Through the windows look no longer" |
Eyesight fails. |
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"The street-doors are shut" |
No longer going out
or receiving visitors. |
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"Chirping of the sparrow grows faint" |
Hearing begins to fail. |
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"Men are afraid of a steep
place" |
Fear of
heights and of falling. |
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"Blossom whitens" |
Hair becomes white. |
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"Paunch is swollen" |
Abdominal muscles lose their tone. |
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"Caperbuds have no more zest" |
Seasoned
food seems to lack flavour. |
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"Everlasting home" |
The spirit returns to God. |
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"Silver cord is snapped" |
The spinal cord is
broken. |
| "Golden
bowl is broken" |
The brain ceases to
function. |
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"The spring and the wheel broken" |
Heart and blood supply stops. |
"Remember your Creator in the days of your
youth, before the time of trouble comes and the years draw near when you will
say, 'I see no purpose in them.' Remember Him before the sun and the light of day give place to darkness,
before the moon and the stars grow dim, and the clouds return with the rain when
the guardians of the house tremble,
and the strong men stoop, when the
women grinding the meal cease work
because they are few, and those who look through
the windows look no longer, when the
street-doors are shut, when the noise of the mill is low, when the
chirping of the sparrow grows faint
and the song-birds fall silent; when men are afraid
of a steep place and the street is full of terrors, when the
blossom whitens on the almond-tree and
the locust's paunch is swollen and
caperbuds have no more zest. For man
goes to his everlasting home, and the
mourners go about the streets. Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped and the
golden bowl is broken, before the pitcher
is shattered at the spring and the wheel broken
at the well, before the dust returns to the earth as it began and the spirit
returns to God who gave it."
(Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 NEB).
6/12/89.
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