| Life; In animals, animation; vitality; and in man, that | | | | (Dreams 1. Vexed and 2. Peaceful.) The one cannot |
| state of being in which the soul and body are united. | | | | exist with the other, its as with daylight and dark, |
| Condition; course of living, in regard to happiness and | | | | the moon and the sun. |
| misery. We say, a man's life has been a series of | | | | The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he |
| prosperity, or misfortune.(Webster.) | | | | eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will |
| There has been over the years a question of | | | | not suffer him to sleep. (Ecc 5:12) |
| weather life is worth living. Webster states that, "a | | | | For in the multitude of dreams and many words |
| man's life is a series of prosperity, or misfortune." | | | | there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. (Ecc |
| This is true. A mans life can be whatever he desires | | | | 5:7) |
| it to be, if the circumstances surrounding his birth are | | | | When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall |
| capable of supporting his dreams, and most | | | | ease my complaint; |
| importantly, weather he believes in God. There have | | | | Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifies me |
| been the poor that have become rich, and there are | | | | through visions: So that my soul chooseth strangling, |
| those that were rich that became poor. There are | | | | and death rather than my life. |
| those things in life that are controlled by God, and | | | | I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for |
| those things that God allows to happen, mainly by | | | | my days are vanity. (Job 7:14-16) |
| the choice of the population. This is called freedom of | | | | Gen_40:5-7, Gen_41:8; Jdg_7:13-14, Dan_2:1; |
| choice. Wars and famine are caused, not by God, but | | | | Mat_27:19) |
| are caused by man, for the Bible states that "God is | | | | Is life worth living? Weather you be poor or rich, life |
| not in the wind, fire or the earthquake." | | | | is an expression of the heart, and not of the desires |
| In life the soul, and body, are united as a single unit, | | | | of the flesh. Do you complain to God that you are |
| but separate in reasoning and purpose. The body | | | | poor? Then seek out the reason for this situation, |
| desires those things that are of the mortal(The | | | | and be content with the state, that God has allowed |
| Flesh.), and the soul desires those things that are of | | | | you to be in, for out of the Goodness of His heart |
| the immortal. (The Spiritual.) Can a man, of the flesh, | | | | we have been given the keys to the kingdom. For |
| be all things to all men? Speaking of, black, white, | | | | by being content with your state of life, you have |
| different nationality's, to different people? No, for we | | | | become content with the will of God and will be |
| are in the flesh. But in the spirit, yes. To the weak | | | | blessed according to His will for you. |
| became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am | | | | Are you rich, then don't see yourself as a ruler over |
| made all things to all men, that I might by all means | | | | the poor, no judge, no king, no prince, or dictator. |
| save some. (1Co 9:22) | | | | You have been given the opportunity to help the |
| In life we are buffeted by many different winds, | | | | poor. All of your actions will come into account, and |
| many different flow of streams and many different | | | | you will answer for any disservice that you may |
| roads, that we must choose from. Our life, weather | | | | have given unto to those that were in need. Be not |
| it be a one of happiness or despair, is up to us. We | | | | high minded, fear God. |
| choose our own destiny in many things, but we are | | | | Visions; Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, |
| still predestined and ordained to live. As living our life | | | | my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, |
| we still have no choice. When God ordained you to | | | | my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, |
| exist, it was accomplished. | | | | my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: |
| Is life worth living? | | | | Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but |
| According as he hath chosen us in him before the | | | | ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for |
| foundation of the world, that we should be holy and | | | | vexation of spirit. (Isa 65:13-14) |
| without blame before him in love: | | | | Is life worth living? |
| Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children | | | | The visions of man become a driving force behind all |
| by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good | | | | his actions. For does not the scripture say, "Without |
| pleasure of his will,. (Eph 1:4-5) (predestinated: | | | | a vision my people perish?" |
| Eph_1:11; Rom_8:29, Rom_8:30 ) | | | | Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he |
| Did you have a choice in being formed in the womb? | | | | that keepeth the law, happy is he. (Pro 29:18) |
| No. That which God predestined and ordained, will be. | | | | A man believes that life is not worth living, because |
| But the life that you live is entirely up to you, | | | | he has lost his vision, that kept him striving to |
| weather your works be good or evil. | | | | succeed. |
| Consider the possibility's. | | | | His dreams and visions of a happy life have gone to |
| Those that you know would have never known you. | | | | the way side and have perished. This was and is |
| The people that you love, would never have loved | | | | caused by evil over running his mind and spirit. |
| you, your wife, husband, family, or children. The | | | | Hos 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of |
| pleasure that you have known would never have | | | | knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I |
| been, the sights, smells, sounds, and feelings, would | | | | will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to |
| have been given to someone else. Your wishes, | | | | me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I |
| dreams, and goals would have been someone else's. | | | | will also forget thy children. |
| We all, no matter how rich or poor, have | | | | Is life worth living? For the lack of knowledge, men |
| experienced feelings of pain, sorrow, joy, and love, | | | | ponder weather life is worth living, but we must |
| at one time or another. Without this life, it would | | | | consider that, we have no choice in this matter. We |
| have been impossible for us to experience. | | | | make life good or evil, peaceful or full of war and |
| Without this life, could you have known, God, Christ, | | | | hatred. These are the choices that we have. |
| Salvation, or the hope of Eternal Life in Heaven, as a | | | | Without the knowledge of God, a mans life is full of, |
| Son of the Most High? | | | | confusion and despair, full of doubt and questions, full |
| One thing about life is the dreams of a man. There | | | | of want and desperation. You can choose death, but |
| are two different types of dreams, and sleep, that a | | | | those that fear God never ask, Is life worth living. |
| man can have. (Sleep 1. Restless and 2. Sweet.) | | | | |