Thursday, September 1, 2011

Fleeting Shadows

We have only been around since yesterday, and we know nothing.
Our days on earth are only a fleeting shadow.

-- Job 8:9 (GWT)

Only one life 'twill soon be past.
Only what's done for Christ will last.

-- Plaque that hung in my grandparents' home

By Faith! In Faith! (Hebrews 11)
Grateful

2 comments:

KLW said...

“Shadow” is also used as a metaphor for the brevity and transience of life. In Job 8:9, for example, we find this assessment: “For we were born yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.” Here shadows are seen as fleeting and insubstantial.

i am Grateful... Kerry i am. said...

Exactly.