Good morning…
Okay. So God did it again. Surround-sound is the Spirit’s specialty.
At 2:59 am, I posted yesterday’s message highlighting the various seasons of life found in Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. Then at 5:04 am, Henri Nouwen’s 12.3.16 meditation arrived in my computer’s inbox.
Nouwen’s words continue the Spirit’s revelation: “There comes a time in all our lives when we must prepare for death. When we become old, get seriously ill, or are in great danger, we can’t be preoccupied simply with the question of how to get better unless ‘getting better’ means moving on to a life beyond our death. In our culture, which in so many ways is death oriented, we find little if any creative support for preparing ourselves for a good death. Most people presume that our only desire is to live longer on this earth. Still, dying, like giving birth, is a way to new life, and as Ecclesiastes says: “There is a season for everything: … a time for giving birth, a time for dying” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2). We have to prepare ourselves for our death with the same care and attention as our parents prepared themselves for our births.”
When the moment is right, we shift our attention from seasons of living fully to a season of dying well.
…Sue…
