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Are You Living or Dying as the Clock Ticks?
by Troop Hays

Whether we are in the autumn of life or younger, it behooves us to live every day as if it were the last.

I recently heard a chaplain of a hospice service say that patients are not taught to die but to live. This was an amazing statement, but it fits us all whether we are physically fit or on the verge of dying.

Now I realize that dying is not a matter to be treated nonchalantly or like a joke. But let’s take a look at ourselves when we feel no purpose or plan for our lives. It is no secret that life consists of activity and a sense of purpose. It may be in our vocation and/or hopefully in all the duties we perform. Not the least of these is the work we do to grow the Kingdom of God.

Where does the church fit in this picture? More often than not people join a church and are not provided with an opportunity for service. This is a maligning fact of life. There are those who serve regardless of the circumstances. Churches have an obligation under the Kingdom’s plan to enlist all believers in the work of the Kingdom.