“Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may die” is a statement that we have heard many times. This gives expression to the reality there is nothing beyond what we have,  so we ought to enjoy it to the fullest. Moses would give a different expression; “We live at best to be seventy years old, maybe eighty, if we are strong… They go so quickly. And then we fly off.” (Psalm 90:10).

LIFE IS SHORT! We know that, don’t we? So many times we are searching for something that will outlive our brief appearance on this earthly stage. We might be so bold as to call it “leaving a legacy.” Benjamin Disraeli stated that the legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example. The problem here is that memory is not always accurate and greatness is left open for interpretation.

The real issue is that we attempt to turn this temporal life into something that is lasting or permanent or even immortal. People have donated millions to have their name chiseled into granite monuments for generations to see what they have accomplished. As is the case with so many things in this life -we will forget! When faith opens our eyes as believers we see that we are living as immortals – “if this same spirit that raised Christ Jesus from the dead dwell in you…” C. S. Lewis said it this way, “You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations – these are mortal and their lives is to ours as a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with , work with,marry snub, and exploit – immortal horrors or everlasting splendors.”

Our souls are what will live on forever. From God’s perspective, how futile all of our quests to achieve immortality through this temporary stuff must seem to Him. What story are you attempting to tell?