There is a saying, my life is as a shadow
or as doth the wind blow.
Just as a vapour, it will quickly turn, and
we watch it go.
We sometimes feel we have forever, even though
we are mere man,
But sometimes the winds doth come and go as
quickly as it can.
Like the wind we live fast and think, surely
there is no end to the life.
As a vapour it is but a puff, then it is gone
as is the life’s strife.
But I ask you as did old Job, is there not
an appointed time on earth?
It is as the eagle after prey, the man has
not much time after his birth.
Compare to forever in the Heavens above, we
have but a mere day
To roam this earth; to fulfill our natures
longings, a puff and away.
We are as the fast fleets of ships that sail
the seas ~ that come and go.
But though this life is a puff and gone, we
have a Savior whom we know.
He will sail the ship to bring us home, where
we’ll be forever more.
No more wondering, about the vapours that
sweep around our door.
Our days are swifter than a weavers shuttle,
remember out time is short.
Should not we live and love our Christ Jesus
with all our heart?
One day here, tomorrow as the ships that sail
the ocean, gone forever.
So let us live the fullest life for our Lord
that we can, depart Him, never.
Though the days pass as the swiftest ships
and the eagle to its prey
Let us ever remember our Savior, knowing He’ll
come for us that day.
Copyright © Pearlie Duncan Walker