{"id":758,"date":"2014-04-22T00:20:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T16:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=758"},"modified":"2014-04-22T00:20:54","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T16:20:54","slug":"death-at-the-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/death-at-the-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Death at the Door"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, there has been many death news around me.<\/p>\n

Beginning with wife of founder my ex-company at the age of 84. Followed by a young guy in church, left behind a wife & 2 little children just last week. And most recent is our friend’s father that passed away because of asthma.<\/p>\n

Just now, I read a news of another friend whose mother is ready to go.<\/p>\n

All these remind me that we are mortal. Life is short. Often times we waste time & energy for things that does not really matter at the end.<\/p>\n

Remember again the prayer of Moses: “Teach us to number our days, so that we may get heart of wisdom.” (Ps 90:12)<\/em><\/p>\n

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