"People who want to be amused have lost the art of living."
—Holbrook Jackson in Platitudes in the Making. Christianity Today, Vol. 42, no. 3.
, Today's Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "LIFE".
Psalm 90:12 (TEV) Teach us how short our life is, so that we may become wise.
1 Corinthians 7:29-31 (TEV) 29 What I mean, my friends, is this: there is not much time left, and from now on married people should live as though they were not married; 30 those who weep, as though they were not sad; those who laugh, as though they were not happy; those who buy, as though they did not own what they bought; 31 those who deal in material goods, as though they were not fully occupied with them. For this world, as it is now, will not last much longer.
Ephesians 5:15-17 (TEV) 15 So be careful how you live. Don't live like ignorant people, but like wise people. 16 Make good use of every opportunity you have, because these are evil days. 17 Don't be fools, then, but try to find out what the Lord wants you to do.
