Two Things

Martin Luther

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.
(Martin Luther in 100 Days of Prayer For Women, p. 297)
31 January 2015

Death

We fear death because we lose so much by dying. We lose the people we love, our wives and husbands, our children, our friends. We lose our work, our games, our art, all the things we did that gave us gladness. (Lewis B. Smedes, A Pretty Good Person, p. 37)

[Posted on learning of the 18 Sep 2012 death of good genealogy friend and very active member of the Lion's Club, Billy Lee Yoho. May he rest in peace.] 23 June 2013

Full Or Empty?

I pray that I will not come empty to the end of my life. I pray that I may so live that I will not be afraid to die. (Twenty-Four Hours A Day, 30 December) 7 January 2013

Dying Leaves

Photo: Corel

Fill us with hope, Lord, trusting that

the dying leaves on earth's cold floor

will resurrect and green the trees once more.

(Fred Bauer, Daily Guideposts - 2010, 23 October)

25 October 2012