{"id":1668,"date":"2011-01-19T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=1668"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:10:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T20:10:38","slug":"time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/time\/","title":{"rendered":"TIME!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luke 12:19-21<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I will say to my soul, \u2018Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.\u2019 But God said to him, \u2018Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?\u2019 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When I was young I seldom, if ever, thought about my life ending. In my 20\u2019s I laughed at my brother and his friends when they reached the ripe old age of 30. He was seven years older and it would be a long time before I got that old. I should not have laughed, for in what seemed like a blink of the eye I reached 30, then 40 and . . . and here I am almost 77. Time has flown by. Many of my friends and classmates have died, and we never know what lies ahead for any of us.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, January 8, 2011, a man went on a shooting rampage at a supermarket in Tucson, Arizona.\u00a0 This horrific event took place at a meet-and-greet event held by Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Six people, including a 9-year-old girl, were killed\u2014and 13, including Representative Giffords, were seriously wounded.<\/p>\n

Stop and think about it for a few uncomfortable moments. Here was a crowd of people and a Representative, happy and very much alive. I can imagine that some had come to shake her hand or to implore her about a particular issue. Then, in a moment of time, everything changed. Suddenly several people are wounded, and just as suddenly, several others are forever thrust into eternity as their time here on earth ends.<\/p>\n

Regardless of age, we never know when our time will come. Are you ready?<\/p>\n

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n

– \u2013 \u2013 Pastor Cecil<\/p>\n

360-570-0074
\nPastorCecil@Daily-E-Votional.com<\/a><\/p>\n

P.S. \u2013 You can find previous E-Votionals covering a variety of Scriptures and topics to help you in your walk with the Lord at www.Daily-E-Votional.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"100<\/a>P.P.S. \u2013 I have completed my first book, 100 of Pastor Cecil\u2019s Select Illustrations<\/a>.<\/em> The cost is $12.95 plus shipping. You can now order it online by going to https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/book-by-pastor-cecil<\/a> . . . You may want to consider this book as a thoughtful gift idea for those who do not have Internet access or as helpful sermon illustrations for your Pastor.<\/p>\n

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Luke 12:19-21 \u201cAnd I will say to my soul, \u2018Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.\u2019 But God said to him, \u2018Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?\u2019 So is he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-luke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}