fly away home

My grandpa used to say, "One day I'll fly away."

Then he'd wave his large work-worn hands and smile.

He was right.

"The years of our life are seventy,

or even by reason of strength eighty;

yet their span is but toil and trouble;

and we fly away."

Psalm 90:10 ESV

Jesus died

Jesus could have come down

off the cross

and saved Himself.

He might have lived 70, 80 or 90 years -

teaching, loving, telling people about His Father.

Then He might have died

of natural causes

and gone back to heaven -

where He came from -

where He belonged.

And then we would have been left

to die in our sin

and go where we belong.

"For the wages of sin is death,

but the free gift of God

is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Romans 6:23 ESV

on brevity

There's a reason my blog is brief.

"The more the words, the less the meaning,

and how does that profit anyone?

God is in heaven and you are on earth,

so let your words be few."

Ecclesiastes 6:11, 5:2 NIV