On the Vanity of the World

Day 5: On the Vanity of the World. "Consider the shortness of all worldly enjoyments. Man's days are very short: the longest life is less than one moment, if compared with eternity. A thousand years, in the sight of God, that is, in very truth, are but as yesterday that is past and gone: Psalm lxxxix. 4. Alas! does not daily experience shew us, that we are here to-day, and gone to-morrow, and no sooner out of sight, but out of mind too? For as soon as we are in the grave, those that we leave behind think no more of us. All flesh is grass, says the Prophet Isaiah, chap. xl. 6. and all the glory of it but like that of the flower of the field. And what is that, but flourishing in the morning, and fading in the evening? Oh! how truly is our life likened by St. James, chap. iv. to a vapour; a thin smoke, which is dispersed by the first puff of wind, and we see no more of it? How justly is it compared by Solomon, Wisdom, chap. v. to a shadow, or to the passing of a bird upon the wing, or an arrow from the bow, which leaves no mark behind it? Ah! how vain it is to set our hearts upon what we must leave so soon!" Source: "Think well on't, or, Reflections on the great truths of the Christian religion for every day of the month" by Rev. Richard Challoner Read by: ancientchristian, Librivox https://bit.ly/2SqcBSj ✅ Visit the website: https://mannaofthesoul.wordpress.com/ for sermons and meditations. ✅ SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mannaofthesoul Twitter: https://twitter.com/mannaofthesoul Thank you for listening and God bless you and keep you!