Meditations

The Sacrifice of My Days Whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. Romans 14.8 Dear God, what does it matter to me whether I live or die? Life is nothing. It is even dangerous once we start loving it. All death can do is destroy a body made of clay. But it delivers the soul from sickness of the body and from its own pride. Death takes the soul away from the devil's traps and makes it pass for all eternity into the kingdom of truth. Therefore, dear God, I am not asking you for health or life. I am offering you a sacrifice of my days. You have numbered them. I am not asking for any extension of them. What I am asking is to die rather than to live as I have lived. If you want me to die, I will die in patience and love. O God, you hold in your hands the keys of the grave. You can open it or shut it. Do not give me life if I cannot become detached from it. But whether I live or whether I die, from this moment on, I want to be entirely yours.