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OUR DAILY BREAD             Tuesday, June 27, 1995   
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READ:   James 4:13-17 

        
            WILL YOU LIVE TO BE 100?

     "What is your life?  It is even a vapor
 that appears for a little time and then vanishes."

                                - James 4:14

Magazine publisher J. I. Rodale, a zealous advocate of
health foods, claimed at the age of 72 that he would
live to be 100.  The same week that his prediction
appeared in The New York Times, he was being interviewed
for a television program, again claiming that his bones
were as strong as ever.  Moments after making his boast,
he died of a heart attack.

Dr. Stuart Berger, a nutritionist, claimed that he had
the formula for living past the century mark.  Although
he had supposedly found the secret of youthfulness and
had convinced many to follow his advice, he died in his
sleep at the age of 40, grossly overweight.

Then there was author Jim Fixx, who advocated running
to prevent coronary trouble.  Yet at the age of 52 he
died of a heart attack -- yes, ironically, while running.

Common sense dictates that we ought to take every
possible measure to keep ourselves healthy.  But in the
final analysis, each of us must pray, "I trust in You,
O Lord....My times are in Your hand" (Ps. 31:14-15).

Because any day, even today, may be our final day on 
earth, we need to be sure that we are ready to depart.  
Are you?
                                -- Vernon C. Grounds

  Whether we're old or young, not one of us can say
  Just when will come to each his final earthly day;
Thus while this life is ours, Lord, may we now prepare,
     So death may never come and take us unaware.

                                -- Anon.

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             THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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          If we are prepared to die,
           we're prepared to live.      
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THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 100-102

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