{"id":61317,"date":"2021-06-10T21:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T02:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=61317"},"modified":"2023-06-10T21:37:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-11T02:37:10","slug":"notes-on-the-brevity-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-the-brevity-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes on the Brevity of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Comparisons<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>II Samuel 14:14 &#8211; Like water spilled on the ground<\/li>\n<li>I Chronicles 29:15 &#8211; Like a shadow, it will not stay<\/li>\n<li>Job 7:6-7 &#8211; Like a weaver&#8217;s shuttle or the wind<\/li>\n<li>Job 9:25-26 &#8211; Like a swift messenger, a swift ship, or a swooping eagle<\/li>\n<li>Job 14:1 &#8211; Few days, like a flower<\/li>\n<li>Psalms 78:39 &#8211; Like a wind<\/li>\n<li>Psalms 90:9 &#8211; Like a sigh<\/li>\n<li>Psalms 103:15-16 &#8211; Like grass, leaving no memory<\/li>\n<li>James 4:14 &#8211; Like a mist or the vapor from a pot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Need to Remember How Short Life Is<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Psalms 90:12- Causes us to act more wisely<\/li>\n<li>Ecclesiastes 7:2-4 &#8211; Gives us a more balanced view of life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comparisons II Samuel 14:14 &#8211; Like water spilled on the ground I Chronicles 29:15 &#8211; Like a shadow, it will not stay Job 7:6-7 &#8211; Like a weaver&#8217;s shuttle or the wind Job 9:25-26 &#8211; Like a swift messenger, a swift ship, or a swooping eagle Job 14:1 &#8211; Few days, like a flower Psalms&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[201],"tags":[41],"class_list":["post-61317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notes","tag-life"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62173,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-day-of-death\/","url_meta":{"origin":61317,"position":0},"title":"The Day of Death","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Download Audio Text: Ecclesiastes 7:1-6 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0As gloomy as it may sound, there are few things guaranteed in life, but I can say for certain that barring our Lord\u2019s return, you will die. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Death is a fact of life. 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Hamilton Text: Isaiah 38:9-20 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Many people are familiar with Hezekiah\u2019s prayer asking God for help against the Assyrian army, but I would like for us to take a few minutes to examine Hezekiah\u2019s prayer of thanksgiving after he was healed of an illness II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bitterness \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Isaiah 38:9-10\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39736,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-it-right-to-pray-for-gods-judgment-on-the-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":61317,"position":4},"title":"Is it right to pray for God&#8217;s judgment on the world?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: With all the sin and mockery and God, is it right to wish or pray for God's judgment on the world? 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Hamilton Text: Revelation 1:4-7 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It is easy to make mistakes by assuming that a phrase always applies to the same event \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Revelation 1:7 - What is meant by \u201ccoming with clouds\u201d or \u201ccoming with the clouds\u201d? 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