"Graciously Cared For"

"Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth." (Psalms 141:7)

  Of all the things that might get us concerned and worried about death, dying should not be one of them; as far as death is concerned, it should be something that gives us hope and anticipation that the faith we have devoted our life to, will soon be fulfilled. Think of what it means to be a Lumberjack, how it is that everything you do and produce is done for someone else to destroy or make something out of; you job is to provide the substance they will do something with, day in and day out. There are simple things that make life worth living, and providing for others is one that makes the most sense. If you examine the life of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, all three of them were men that provided for other people; making their lives all about doing what they could to be productive with what they were given, but at the same time, living for that which was to come after this life. Abraham's focus was said to be elsewhere, as it says, "For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God." (Hebrews 11:10) Jacob had wells that he dug, many of which were taken by others; but all of which were remembered as the well Jacob had dug. It is really more of a mindset than it is anything else; literally, it is setting your mind on something else, that place yet to come! That is how you prevent yourself from becoming attached to anything here, because anything here is not going to go with you when it is your time to go. I really don't know how else to explain it, because there must be a detachment in our heart from becoming too attached; so the best thing to practice is giving it all away, in one way or another; and the best way to do that, is to not count it as yours to begin with. In this we find preservation from the evil that comes by loving this world...

"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in hm. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." (1 John 2:15-17)