Death...... What I can learn from others...... & some of their Epitaph's

Deut. 34: Moses.......


When I read this part of his epitaph and think of all the mighty power and all the miracles that Moses did, I tend to think.........,                                                                                                    Moses is in another league !
I can't touch him...... ever!
This life I've lived........ amounts to just another theoretical study....?
It almost mocks me, because I'm light years 'behind' from Moses.....

Moses was unique, certainly, but he was (like each of us), just a man in-the-Service-of-God. 
Still, we can learn much of personal benefit from his life and death: 


The secret of........
.......Fulfillment in life is involvement.
When 'indulging' on to 'old age'......., don't plan on checking out with people or with God's Word. If you do (like I did), you'll be moving away from that which is eternal, and that's the wrong direction..... 
So, .....stay in touch. 
Give until you don't have anything (zero) else to give, and then tap into God's reservoirs and give some more....... with His'Help! 
This is what lengthens the meaning and purpose....&  sometimes the years,.......of Life!


.......Reality in life is humility.
If involvement gives life length, then humility gives it breadth. 
Moses presents us with a beautiful picture of real humanity mixed with deep humility and genuine godliness.   
He never believed his own .....press reports. 
He never got lost in his own.... track record. 
He never got up in the morning to see what the headlines had to say about his .......performance the day before. 
He stayed real, believable, and humble.

I (at least want) to cultivate these character qualities....... that Jesus also was/is an Example of...!


........Happiness in life is perspective.
If involvement gives life length and humility gives it breadth, then perspective gives life depth.


Death comes to all of us. 
Unless J.C., our Lord comes in the clouds for us first, that day of departure WILL arrive . . . maybe sooner, maybe later. 
We have no control over that, but we do have control over the way we live, right up to the moment we leave this time of 'earthly passing through'


Moses teaches us 'inter alia' that............, 
......regardless of whether we live or die, God remains worthy of our praise. 
It must be our goal, then, as it was the goal of Moses, to bring honor to Him, whether by life or by death.


May I ...... you (if that is also your desire) be worthy .......of  'executing' these aforementioned.....;  possible ONLY by/through the Grace of God! 


Shalom