Daily Devotional
We can only be each other’s keeper
Text: Proverbs 17:17
“A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.”
Message
An elderly person said, “I tasted all that is sweet, but I found nothing sweeter than good health. And I tasted all that was bitter, but nothing was more bitter than being in need of good people. And I carried both, iron and rocks, but nothing was heavier than debt. I discovered therefore that life comprises only of two days: A day for you and a day against you. So when it is for you, do not be reckless; and when it is against you, be patient. Because both days will expire !!
It follows that we keep in mind always and know that no matter how appealing and tempting that thing may seem, we may loss it or our interest in it will diminish with time. Our strength to consume or own a thing will vanish with time until everything is surely taken away from us or we are surely taken away from everything!
Truth is, nothing ever remains where it is. I have seen and heard a lot. How yesterday became the day before, how today became yesterday, and how tomorrow became today. How the past became history, how the present became the past, and how the future became the present.
The richest man in the world today will not be on the payroll of the richest man in the world in another ten years! Your strength, your muscles, your beauty, your wealth, your guts, your worth, your courage, your talent, your YOU, will progressively diminish until it returns to its source. Haven’t you noticed that the strongest lion in the jungle will someday become weak, and frail and be eaten by the same predators it once terrorized?
Good thing then that if you can’t be a bridge to connect people, then don’t be a wall to separate them. If you can’t be a light to brighten people’s good deeds then don’t be darkness covering their efforts. If you can’t be water to help people’s crops sprout, then don’t be a pest destroying their crops. If you can’t be a vaccine to give life, don’t be a virus to terminate it. If you can’t be a pencil to write anyone’s happiness, then try to be a nice eraser to remove their sadness. We can only be each other’s keeper.
Proverbs 17:17
“A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.”