Think about death

yes, as soon as we wake up we should think about death. Not other people's death. Not about the actual dying. I'm not morbid!! I'm just being practical. After all as soon as a baby is born he/she immediately starts a personal journey towards death.

Most Christians I know do give death a fleeting thought as soon as they wake. " o thank You Lord for another day" they may pray. I do too and there's nothing wrong with that. What I mean is we should pause EVEN BEFORE WE START and think seriously " and if today is my last day what then?" Would that " teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom?" Would that help us to empty our hearts of all the petty little pebbles of pride, impatience, judgements etc?

I'll let you know how this works for me in a month or so. I'm deliberately thinking of death every morning. Thus far it's been with regret over all the things I could've, should've done but didn't. Doesn't really matter what reason, what excuse I have lined up. Fact is I didn't.

I'm also sorry to say I've been thinking of what loss to all my family and friends it would be were I to take that step across the Jordan into the Promised Land. Haha... Seems the first thing I need to change is the thought that I'm the centre of the universe.😝

Moses asks God to " teach us to number our days so we may gain a heart of wisdom" ? I've started numbering my days. Then I asked God for a heart of wisdom. This is where He led me to today

http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-if-you-had-one-week-to-live

Jon Bloom's article opened my eyes. Especially this part

The Heart of Wisdom

What exactly is wisdom? God tells us through Job: “the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom” (Job 28:28). 

And what exactly is the fear of the Lord? God tells us through Solomon: “The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil” (Proverbs 8:13). 

And what is evil? God tells us through the author of Hebrews: “an unbelieving heart” (Hebrews 3:12). At root, all moral evil is unbelief in God and any action that results from it, for “whatever does not proceed from faith is sin” (Romans 14:23).

So then, a heart of wisdom fears the Lord to such a degree that it refuses to exchange the truth about God for a lie (Romans 1:25). A heart of wisdom trusts God’s promises and his wise governance over all of life, and does not trust its limited, fickle perceptions, nor shiny, empty worldly deceptions. 

A heart of wisdom fears losing the joy-producing treasure of God himself so much, it sees unbelief as a thief who only steals, kills, and destroys life.

Looks like a lot of soul-searching is coming up.