A question for you today: “Where have you come from and where are you going?” Let’s take a look at this question.

King Edwin was a monarch who lived in seventh-century England. One day he was talking to a close friend about the brevity of life- that even his great power and wealth would not endure forever.

His friend made this comparison: “O king, recall the room where you meet with your officers on cold winter nights in front of the huge fireplace. During those meetings, a lone sparrow often flies into the chamber through an opening, exiting just as quickly through another opening.

O King, life is like the swift flight of that sparrow. While it is inside the room, it enjoys a brief space of fair weather. But then it vanishes again into the night. No one knows whence it came or where it goes. So it is with us, O King. Our time on earth is brief, like the flight of that sparrow. No one knows whence we came or where we go.”

Now I’ll ask the question again: Where did you come from and where are you going? Friend I can help you find the answer to this question.

And friend, make certain that the things you’re living for are also worth dying for.

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