tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72245819569353403402011-07-08T03:37:28.824-07:00andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14472900139983321242noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224581956935340340.post-87138703026288448372009-11-03T04:42:00.000-08:002009-11-03T05:14:04.748-08:00"Teach us to number our days aright that we may gain a heart of wisdom." Psalm 90: 12<div><br /></div><div>Thanks to you guys who responded so positively to the preach last Sunday. There was much banter over the chart [below] I compiled based on the above verse. In this psalm Moses reminds us that our days are few: "The length of our days is seventy years - or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away" v10</div><div><br /></div><div>Taking 70 years a a guide, our days are numbered thus: </div><div><br /></div><div>Years<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Days alloted<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Days left to live</div><div>70 yrs<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>=<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>25,550</div><div>20<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>=<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 7,300<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>18,250</div><div>25<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>=<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 9,125<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>16,425</div><div>35<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>=<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>12,775<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>12,775</div><div>40<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>=<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>14,600<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>10,950</div><div>50<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>=<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>18,250<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 7,300</div><div>60<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>=<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>21,900<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 3,650</div><div>65<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>=<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>23,750<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 1,825</div><div>69<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>=<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>25,185<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 365</div><div><br /></div><div>As I read this, at the grand age of 60, I realise I'm running out of days!! </div><div>Knowing this helps me to view each day as a gift from God and guards me from wasting time.</div><div>It encourages me to gain a heart of wisdom, continue to daily walk with Jesus and invest in people for His glory.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7224581956935340340-8713870302628844837?l=andyarscott.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14472900139983321242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224581956935340340.post-51530887180576067252009-10-21T02:29:00.000-07:002009-10-21T02:48:55.474-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Uvb-JqoOI_Y/St7Yv-puAVI/AAAAAAAAAAU/CleRPjheslU/s1600-h/732564_world3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Uvb-JqoOI_Y/St7Yv-puAVI/AAAAAAAAAAU/CleRPjheslU/s200/732564_world3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394987722419863890" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>We had a real sense of God's heart to the nations. Many stood in response to a call to go with the gospel on mission to the world.</div><div><br /></div><div>I look forward to posting my thoughts</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7224581956935340340-5153088718057606725?l=andyarscott.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14472900139983321242noreply@blogger.com1