Psalm 90 is full of rich wisdom, and offers for me a prayer for the coming year.
It says: for God, a thousand years are as a passing day, as brief as a few night hours.
He may give us 70 or 80 years on earth—but even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away.
May we ask God to teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom.
And may the Lord our God show us His approval and make our efforts successful.
May He teach us to live wisely and well.
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I love this, both that you've had me reading the psalm, and your retelling of it. I think at times, when we get a glimpse of life's brevity, we feel fear and turn away. Perhaps the wisdom is waiting for us just around the corner if we will keep walking through and past the fear, hand in hand with a trustworthy God.
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