"I set before you today LIFEand prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in HIS ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed....Now CHOOSE LIFE, so that you and your children may live and that you many love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD IS YOUR LIFE..." Deuteronomy 30:15-20
"You have made known to me the path of LIFE..." Psalm 16:11
"Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6
"Whoever of you loves LIFE and desires to see many good days,
keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies. Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry." Psalm 34:12-15
"Show me, O LORD, my LIFE'S end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my LIFE. You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man's LIFE is but a breath." Psalm 39:4 & 5
"No man can redeem the LIFE of another or give to God a ransom for him- the ransom for a LIFE is costly, no payment is ever enough- that he should live on forever and not see decay...But man, despite his riches, does not endure; he is like the beasts that perish. This is the fate of those who trust in themselves, and of their followers, who approve their sayings. ...The upright will rule over them in the morning; their forms will see decay in the grave, far from their princely mansions. But God will redeem MY LIFE from the grave; he will surely take me to himself."Psalm 49:12-15
"The corrections of discipline are the way to LIFE..."Prov. 6:23
"with persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk. All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose till an arrow pierces his live, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his LIFE." Prov. 7:21-23
"Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not ignore it. Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching DAILY at my doors, waiting at my doorway. For whoever finds me finds LIFE and receives favor from the Lord. But whoever fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death." Prov. 8:33-36
"I know, Oh Lord, that a man's LIFE is not his own; it is not for a man to direct his steps." Jeremiah 10:23
"Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's LIFE does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." Luke 12:15
Ahhhhhhh! I could go on and on all day taking in these words. However, the children have awoken ready to celebrate once again (May hits the Links hard as far as birthdays). May you celebrate LIFE today. It is a "gracious gift" (1 Peter 3:7) Blesssings from Bombadil. Kristy LInk
"I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, so that through my being with you again your joy in Christ Jesus will overflow on account of me." Phillipians 1:25 & 26
