This hymn gets stuck in my mind, esp. during the days post Easter. One of my colleagues passed away unexpectedly recently - actually just on the day of Good Friday(and we got the news on the Monday after Easter). He was my tech lead when I joined my current company 5 years ago. It is still very shocking, saddening and upsetting as of now to many people, including me. He came from China, and had a lot of achievements(I only started to know all these recently by following the facebook group pages created in memory of him): he was a gold medal winner of International Chemistry Olympiad when he was in the high school(his story was well-known among Chinese high-school students, as he studied so hard to overcome so many difficulties, that his stories was written in some Chinese newspapers to encourage students to follow his example); he was the first one to get a BS degree in 3 years in the major of his university(a famous one of China); he got a MS and a PhD in a famous university of USA(his MS and PhD degrees were in 2 different majors)... In the facebook group page created in memory of him, all of the memories about him is his smiles, laughing, cheerfulness, care-giving, loving, smart, kindness, ..., every kind of good words you can think of for a good fellow. He was gone in his prime; he was so similar to many of us - age, background, family, career ...
In Christ Alone - everything in this world shall pass; only in Christ can we find strength and hope (Matthew 24:35; 1 Peter 1:24-25). Only Christ is "My Comforter, my all in all".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENtL_li4GbE
We are studying Book of James in BSF class these 2 weeks. These verses match so well to what was experienced:
4:13 咳！你们有话说：“今天、明天我们要往某城里去，在那里住一年，做买卖得利。”
4:14 其实明天如何，你们还不知道。你们的生命是什么呢？你们原来是一片云雾，出现少时就不见了。
4:15 你们只当说：“主若愿意，我们就可以活着，也可以做这事，或做那事。”
Our life plans must be God-centered, in God's will.
诗90:9 我们经过的日子都在你震怒之下；我们度尽的年岁好像一声叹息。
诗90:10 我们一生的年日是七十岁，若是强壮可到八十岁；但其中所矜夸的不过是劳苦愁烦，转眼成空，我们便如飞而去
Ten Things God Won't Ask On That Day
当那日来临时，上帝不会问的十件事
1. God won't ask what kind of car you drove. He will ask how many people you drove who did not have transportation.
上帝不会问你开的是哪种车，他会问你搭载过多少没有交通工具的人。
2. God won't ask the square footage of your house. He'll ask how many people you welcomed into your home.
上帝不会问你的房子有多大，他会问你邀请过多少人去你家。
3. God won't ask about the clothes you had in your closet. He'll ask how many you helped to clothe.
上帝不会问你衣柜里曾经有多少衣服，他会问你捐过多少衣物给需要的人。
4. God won't ask what your highest salary was. He'll ask if you compromised your characterto obtain it.
上帝不会问你收入有多丰富，他会问你是否为不义之财。
5. God won't ask what yout job title was. He'll ask if you preformed your job to the best of your ability.
上帝不会问你的头衔是什么，他会问你是否在工作上有尽力而为。
6. God won't ask how many friends you had. He'll ask how many people to whom you were a friend.
上帝不会问你有多少朋友，他会问你是多少人的朋友。
7. God won't ask in what neighborhood you lived. He'll ask how you treated your neighbors.
上帝不会问你住在哪个社区，他会问你是如何对待左邻右舍的。
8. God won't ask about the color of your skin. He'll ask about the content of your character.
上帝不会问你的肤色，他会问你的人格特质。
9. （To believers!) God won't ask why it took you so long to seek Salvation. He'll lovingly take you to your mansion in heaven, and not to the gates of Hell.
上帝不会问你怎么花那么长的时间在寻找救赎，他会慈祥地将将你引领到天上的家，而不是把你推向地狱之门。
10. God won't have ask how many people you forward this to. He already knows your decision.
上帝不需要问你会将这个信息传给多少人，他早已知道你的决定。
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