OUR DAILY BREAD             Friday, July 21, 1995 
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READ:  Ecclesiastes 3 
 
                 
            EXPECTED -- SOONER OR LATER 
 
       "The living know that they will die."   
 
                           - Ecclesiastes 9:5  
 
 
I heard a popular senator who was swept out of  
office after only one term.  His defeat came as 
a complete surprise to opponents and supporters 
alike.  In his concession speech, the losing 
candidate wryly commented that recent events 
reminded him of an epitaph he once saw on an 
old tombstone.  It said: 
 
   I EXPECTED THIS -- BUT NOT SO SOON. 
 
Death is certain for all!  The Bible says, "It 
is appointed for me to die once" (Heb. 9:27). 
For some of us that day is closer than we think.   
The sensible person faces up to the fact of  
death and makes provision for this final episode 
of his earthly life. 
 
There's only one way to prepare for eternity -- 
trusting Christ as Savior.  Those who come to 
God through Him will enter heaven when they have 
drawn their last breath.  But for unbelievers, 
that fateful moment will seal their never-ending  
doom. 
 
Are you ready for the inevitable?  Jesus said,  
"He who hears My word and believes in Him who 
sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not  
come into judgment, but has passed from death 
into life" (Jn. 5:24).  If you've never done so, 
place your faith in Christ, acknowledging that 
He died for your sins and rose victorious from 
the grave.  Then, whether the expected comes 
sooner or later, you'll be ready! 
 
                        -- Richard W. De Haan 
 
        Sooner or later, yes, sooner for some, 
           Darkness will all then be past; 
        Sooner or later our savior will come -- 
           With Him will your lot be cast? 
 
                        -- Koch 
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           THOUGHT FOR THE DAY 
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    Live each day as if it were your last - 
              it could be! 
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THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Ecclesiastes 1-3

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