The Fragility Of Life
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. James 4:14 (KJV)
[Following John Ritter’s death in 2003] It’s a huge shock. It just makes me realize how fragile life is. ~ Sylvester Stallone
Whenever I think of the word "fragile", I think of something delicate like a ceramic cup or maybe one of those porcelain angels a lot of women like to collect. You have to be extremely careful with them. If they are knocked off, they will shatter into a million pieces.
The dictionary defines fragile as something "easily broken or destroyed" and in "need for careful handling".
Lately, I've been thinking about just how much this describes life. We go about our lives engaging in our daily activities living like we have no concerns and never stopping to think that we’re one breath, one heartbeat away from death.
We never stop to think just how fragile life is. Just like a porcelain angel our lives can be shattered into millions of pieces, never to be put together again.
We act like our lives are in our own hands, never stopping to realize it’s God who ultimately holds us in His hand and at any moment that He chooses He can end it.