Job 39:5 says,
Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath!
Some handbreadths are briefer than others – a mere five days.
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precious.
I shudder to think of the sneering commentary likely to have been left on their blog, by the more “enlightened”, who would have seen this story as anything but precious.
Indeed. Praise God for those who see His image stamped on even the frailest frame.
Psalm 39:5. Whatever.