And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. 
And He was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake Him, and say unto Him, Master, carest Thou not that we perish? 
And He arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still.
And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 
And He said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? 
And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another,
What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him? Mark 4:37-41

Jonah had the same experience in the boat, but he wasn’t Jesus, so he got thrown off the boat instead.
God received the glory that time as well.
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows.
Jonah 1:15-16

This story increased my faith recently. Nobody but God can make a story real to you. Otherwise, they are just good stories. This one was opened to me and I realized I am also in the midst of a storm. The sea is raging and the winds are trying to toss the boat all the way over.

God is working. I will watch and see how He calms this storm in my life.

I am at a tumultuous place right now, keeping in mind that suffering urges us to the Lord.
Suffering seems to cleanse the soul
Suffering compels us put aside our flesh and seek the Lord in a deeper way.
Suffering produces endurance and character and humility.
It’s not easy to have our flesh afflicted.
it’s not easy to have to endure trials and tribulations.
Jesus is there with us. As He said:
These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace.
In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33

The walls of Jerusalem had been compromised.
The enemies had done damage and this happened because they lost their zeal to serve the Lord.
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, 
If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: Nehemiah 1:8

Nehemiah has always reminded me of how important it is to fortify our walls,
of how important it is not to have a breach in our armour.
How important it is to follow God’s precepts, to obey Him and to keep our walls strong.

And they said unto me,
The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach:
the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days,
and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God,
that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe His commandments:
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open,
that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night,
for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel,
which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned. Nehemiah 1:3-6

Nehemiah’s first step was to seek the Lord.
He said,
I sat down and wept
and mourned certain days,
and fasted,
and prayed before the God of Heaven
He mentioned to God that he recognized how great God was.
He brought to mind how great and merciful God was.
And then, Nehemiah confessed the sins of the children of Israel.

While Nehemiah was pleading with God to recognize that His people had lost His protection
due to their own lackadaisical honor of God,
and had allowed the enemy to not only breach the walls, but to set up fortresses inside.
There was a removal to be done, a purging and an eviction of the enemy.

They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, 
every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. 
For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded.
And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. 
And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people,
The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another. 
In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet,
resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us. Nehemiah 4:17-20

They had a sword in one hand and worked to rebuild the wall with the other.

The building of the wall of Jerusalem in Nehemiah shows many spiritual efforts
made to bring the people and the city back to right standing with God.
These many examples can encourage us in the Lord to honor Him in a greater way.

I am in a den of lions.
I am certain they don’t even know why they are so angry.
Now there are two of them.
Remember when Joseph’s brothers got so angry at him when he told them his dream?
That is how I feel.
The content is not similar in any way, but the feeling of speaking the truth is similar.

My responsibility?
To forgive, to love them anyway and obey.

The Lord reminded me of the scripture above.
Yesterday, I had the promise that He is fighting for me.
Today, another encouragement: that they shall not prevail.

Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by Me:
whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. Isaiah 54:15

The job that I am in is unto the Lord.
The enemy does not like my work.
Every now and then, he uses his efforts to try to disrupt things.
This time is more severe than others, but he will not prevail.
I have not handled this without fault.
I must keep my hands clean and my heart pure and continue the work He has given me to do.
God is still working on the whole situation and will work it all together for good. (from Romans 8:28)
I am praying for wisdom from the Lord.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not;
and it shall be given him. James 1:5

It is always a beautiful thing when God makes His promises real to us.

Sometimes when you aren’t sure about God’s will, it can be hard to hold onto your faith.
When you know Jesus has promised you something, if you give up, that is you not doing your work.
This work that Jesus mentioned and The Bible exhorts us in confuses some people.
We have work to do. We are not just stones.
Faith without works is dead.
Following Jesus’ commands are work.
Forgiving someone who harmed you is work.
Putting your flesh to death and walking in the Spirit is work.
It’s all spiritual work.

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. James 2:17

Some do not understand that the kind of work Jesus is talking about is in the spiritual realm.
No matter what you do, if it is not done unto the Lord, it is empty and will mean nothing.
Even if you serve in a soup kitchen and you feed the poor and the hungry, that is good,
but the work part The Bible is talking about is to glorify Him.

I am the vine, ye are the branches:
He that abideth in Me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit:
for without Me ye can do nothing. John 15:5

That is hard for the human ego to hear: ‘Without Me you can do nothing.’

It is full truth. Without Jesus, we can accomplish nothing that will matter.
He is the vine. We have to be plugged into Jesus, that is, attached, drawing life from Him.
We need to be that close. We need to realize that nothing we do matters without Him.
We are not doing this work for ourselves, to earn anything.
We are doing this work which is a manifestation of our dedication and obedience.
When we follow Jesus closely we become a part of Him.

When we think of this scripture:
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags;
and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. Isaiah 64:6

That is a no way to pay Jesus back or to earn our salvation.
No matter what good works we do, they are not from our goodness,
He is the author and finisher of our faith.
We can do it without Him, but it won’t amount to anything.
The way Jesus wants us to serve Him is to honor Him,
not to honor ourselves and not to do things for ourselves, but for Jesus.

During my prayer time this morning, I saw the rage of someone in my life that I have to see pretty soon.
I sent a text on Saturday and I know the person did not like the text.
I do not apologize for it nor will I.
I stated the truth.
I will leave it there.

This mortal is nice as long as everything goes their way.
The moment this mortal is not in control, anger arises and this mortal then lashes out.
I do not submit to the control of a human.

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written,
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Luke 4:8

The two of us do not serve the same God.
If something is true and if affects me, or if I am standing for something I believe in, I will bring it up.
Oftentimes, I let things go.

I’m starting my day with a warning from the Lord that there is rage in this mortal
and also a promise from the Lord that He fights my battles for me.

Onward.

“JEFF, I AM AT A LOSS FOR WORDS…”

Hello, everyone. What I am about to share is much more than just a praise report. It is an account of the literal MANIFESTATION of what the power of faith, prayer, and surrender to the Spirit of Almighty God can do.

It is also rather long.

Well, it is REALLY long. But, so many of you deserve this detailed explanation of where I find myself as of today. I

want my journey to hopefully benefit others in some way — in more ways than I can even imagine, actually. I pray it will.

Please reread the quote above.

It may be a slight paraphrase of Monday’s words from my oncologist, but it most definitely represents the overwhelming and evident sentiment he displayed.

And, YOU are responsible!!

The last few days of news headlines have been very interesting. The abundance of information the public is learning about Joe Biden’s prostate cancer is also educating many about my situation.

Even the same types of cancers are unique and specific to each individual patient. But — almost unbelievably — my cancer diagnosis is identical to the former President’s.

We are both stage 4, Gleason 9, metastatic, with numerous lesions in our bones.

Gleason scores range in danger from 2 to 10. So, Gleason 9 is a very evil and very aggressive cancer cell.

Many people, including myself until recently, are under the impression that prostate cancer is easily treatable, is less threatening, and generally considered to be “a better cancer to have” if you have to have cancer.

This is not true in many cases.

All cancers are bad. And the type Biden and I have is a horrible killing cancer.

Statistically, neither Biden’s survival rate, nor my own, is very good.

For a few valid reasons, until now, I have refrained from sharing too many negative and frightening details like these about my cancer on social media.

Firstly, I don’t want the scarier aspects of my disease to affect my loved ones, especially my children…and, most especially, my precious daughter, Kayla, who is 6 months pregnant with my first grandchild.

I’m not hiding truth from them. But, I am making conscious decisions not to bombard them with details that could very likely suck them into a downward spiral of fear and despair any more than the reality of their Dad suddenly having cancer could potentially already do to them.

(Let me state here that there is no way I could possibly be more proud of the way both of my children are handling this.)

Secondly, after coming to terms with the initial (and normal) shock, fear and gravity of my diagnosis, I have chosen to willfully focus on everything that is good, pure, and noble FOR MY OWN SAKE, removing as much negativity as possible from my life, especially in regard to my cancer.

Some days it is easier to accomplish than others. But, for the most part, I’m achieving this goal and it is keeping my faith, my hope, and even my physical body much stronger.

In fact, in regard to the onslaught of media coverage about Joe Biden’s case, I only allowed myself to watch a very limited amount of it. The newscasters’ continuous descriptions of how dangerous his/our cancer is was beginning to frighten me…and, I already fully understood literally everything they were saying.

Thirdly, my God has clearly instructed me through Scripture to focus only on the good and noble things in life at all times, for all of the reasons I just mentioned and many more. But, especially when going through trials like this, we need help and encouragement from others.

That said, I give many, MANY thanks to my dear friends — and fellow cancer SURVIVORS — Denise King, Jeanna Bonds, and my “Sis from Another Miss”, Donna Douglas, for helping me understand the absolute importance of this positive mindset and for helping me follow through with it even when things get really scary, really painful, and really tough.

I love and appreciate these three ladies so much, along with all of my close family and friends who are helping me in so many ways like this.

So, I’m describing my plight in this post in more graphic detail today in order to put this latest news in its proper perspective. After this post, I fully intend to revert back to mainly highlighting the good, the noble, and the positive.

Please reread the quote at the top of this post once again.

About a month ago, I was backed deep into a very dark corner and was forced to ask my oncologist that ever-dreaded question…

“How long do I have left?”

He looked me in the eye and solemnly said, “Jeff, you have two years…maybe three, if we’re lucky.”

Those words, or anything close to them, will change a person forever. It certainly did me.

He went further to tell me that because my cancer was so aggressive, he wanted to attack it immediately from every possible therapeutic angle he had access to:

– Hormone Therapy (chemical castration);
– Chemo; and,
– Radiation

Up to this point, the only imaging we had was a pelvic MRI from 6 weeks earlier that had already confirmed the cancer and the bone metastases in that area, which included a likely involvement in pelvic lymph nodes and my bladder.

Because we still needed to get a full body scan in order to find out where else my cancer had escaped, and also because my doctor could see I was devastated and overwhelmed by all of this news, we eventually decided together that we would start with the hormone therapy only, monitor how my body and cancer markers respond, and regroup after the body scan regarding chemo and radiation.

Everything was frightening and dangerous — not only the cancer, but also every treatment option. I know my fellow cancer survivors and their family members can relate to the depth of this truth.

This was the point I surrendered, realizing I had to truly let God take over every single aspect of my life.

I could continue to let fear reign over me, reluctantly stepping into every subsequent and terrifying treatment option — or, I could completely trust my Lord and Savior to guide me and lead me every step of the way as He promises He is willing and wants to do.

Over the past few weeks, I have shared with you here how powerful and authentic that surrender has been. It is the most powerful transformation of body, mind, and soul that I have ever experienced. There are no words to adequately explain my profound gratitude to Him for this reality alone.

In this regard, even at the risk of appearing crazy or dumb, I thank God with every fiber of my being for my cancer. I truly believe it has already saved my life…my eternal life.

So, in this new state of unfathomable peace in the midst of the biggest storm I have ever had to walk through, and while having to wait even more weeks to get to my full body scan, I began the hormone therapy — injections in my belly every three to four weeks coupled with 1000mg of a second hormone blocking drug by mouth the very first thing every morning when I wake up.

Scary stuff for sure, but there have already been so many confirmations of God’s presence throughout.

For instance, after overcoming the initial extreme concern over the possible negative side effects of the oral hormone blocker, and just after praying over it before taking my very first wake-up morning dose, there was a literal EARTHQUAKE…in ATLANTA, GA!!

I kid you not. I had just woken up, reached for the medicine vile, held it in my hand, and told God verbally that I trusted Him to bless the drug for my benefit and not my harm. Then, only two or three seconds after saying out loud, “…in Jesus’ name, Amen,” a 4.5-ish earthquake hit the southeastern United States!!

Having lived in Los Angeles for almost two decades, as soon as our house began to shake, I knew exactly what was happening.

And, yes, I know that earthquake effected many hundreds of square miles, but I took it as another huge, direct and personal confirmation that God was with me.

After ten full days of that drug and a month of the other, I can tell you the side effects are as mild and harmless as they can possibly be.

One of the more noticeable and benign side effects is fatigue. The first couple of weeks after the initial injections, I felt more tired than I used to feel after literally running seven miles.

But, I had already made up my mind that I was going to listen to my body, give in to the fatigue when necessary, but also fight against it when able.

I have to say I am proud of myself for getting out and hiking and exercising as much as I have. For over a month, I have been increasing my distances and my pace. This month, I have been completing about 20 miles per week!

It is helping in so many ways, not the least of which is the reality that it’s staving off that severe fatigue and other not-so-pleasant side effects these harsh drugs could bring.

All this time, besides the walking, I have been doing other things I can do on my own to fight this cancer. I have immersed myself in every possible resource I can get my hands on to discern and learn the truths about my cancer, what organized western medicine can and cannot do, what integrative/holistic therapies can and cannot do, and even what controversial therapies can and cannot do.

It’s just the way God made me. I believe the best answers in all parts of these kinds of issues are the result of the right equations of a mixture of all valid possibilities.

I will go into the details of the protocols I have chosen at a later time. But, for now, I want you to know that ivermectin, fenbendezole, methylene blue, and other controversial therapies are a huge part of what I have chosen.

I have also DRASTICALLY changed my diet.

Since my diagnosis, on a daily basis, I am ingesting only a fraction of the amount of sugars I was eating beforehand…and I was already a very healthy eater.

Many thanks to those of you who have sent me info on all these things and more!!

By now, you have probably memorized the quote at the top of this post. So, I won’t ask you to read it again.

But, remember it as I share with you what happened this week.

I finally got the full body scan done about 10 days ago. Monday, I went to see my oncologist to go over the results.

Even with my faith and my surrender being strong, I am human. I walked into his office nervously prepared to find out how soon my chemo and radiation therapies were going to begin.

In fact, with every mile I had hiked over the past month, I had been focused on strengthening my body to better handle those harsh treatments.

Well…

…the very same doctor who told me just a few weeks ago that I only had a few years to live at best — my oncologist, Dr. Steven McCune, who I respect and am truly grateful for no matter what — sat down in his office with an undeniable dumbfounded expression on his face and said…

“JEFF, I AM AT A LOSS FOR WORDS…”

After a quick moment of not understanding if his news was good or bad, his subsequent smile initiated one of the best moments of my relatively short experience as a cancer patient.

He told me the scan revealed ZERO involvement in ANY lymph node in my body, ZERO involvement in ANY organ or gland (other than my prostate), and that there was no loose fluid detected ANYWHERE, which indicated there is no compromise in the linings of my major organs!!!

I’m literally tearing up AGAIN as I type all of this.

Y’all, this is a literal MIRACLE!!

(For the record, as a grateful native of Marietta, GA, I use the term “y’all” with utmost pride.)

Again, I owe this miracle in large part to each and every one of you who have been seeking the throne of God on my behalf in prayer since this roller coaster ride began.

God is so good!!!!!

Dr. McCune went on to explain that my bone metastases are still there, but they are not nearly as big and scary as he had anticipated.

There are also a few other bone lesions that were revealed by the body scan — one on my back on my 6th left rib, one on my C5 cervical vertebrae, and one on my skull just behind my left ear.

BUT, he said NONE of them are big enough to warrant ANY radiation or chemotherapy at this time!!!

At this point he made it very clear that this was a huge exception to the rule within his multi-decade practice with any stage 4 prostate cancer patient he has ever had. In fact, I think it is fair to say that my case might be the first time he has been this overwhelmingly surprised.

He also said that the hormone drugs I’m on are not only already showing signs of slowing down the spread of my cancer, but that these latest images also indicate the very likely possibility that these drugs alone will continue SHRINKING these bone lesions as time progresses!

My friend Denise was with me at this appointment. As I was taking in all of this praise-worthy news, I grabbed her hand and I’m certain I almost broke a few of her bones as I kept squeezing it harder and harder with each additional bit of wonderful news. LOL!

Dr. McCune’s nurse had just drawn more blood before this appointment began. One of the requested tests in the panel was my third PSA screening.

PSA numbers (prostate specific antigen) are one of the best ways to determine how much cancer is in a man’s body.

The normal scale is 0 to 4. Anything close to 3 or 4 is alarming.

To put things in perspective, it was a PSA test I had done back in February that started my journey. My PSA came back over 250. Yes, you read that correctly:

4 is alarming, and mine was TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY.

Just a few weeks later it had risen to THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE.

So, before Denise and I left, I asked Dr. McCune what number he would be happy to receive with this latest test after being on these hormone drugs for a month.

He said it would probably take a day or two to get the number back, but he would be happy and even more confident about everything if the result was a number anywhere close to 200.

Well, yesterday afternoon, the number came back…

TWENTY-TWO!!!!

That is a HUGE difference and another miracle, even if we are only grading miracles based on a scale of what an experienced oncologist would expect!

For those who have made it this far, I am both thankful and AMAZED.

You guys and gals have enveloped me with overwhelming love and support since we let everyone know about my diagnosis.

My prayer warriors are real. You know who you are. You have formed an enormous spiritual army around me and are storming heaven with prayers THAT ARE WORKING. It will take me all of eternity to adequately thank you enough.

Of course, there are more battles ahead. As I explained, even 22 is a very high PSA number. But everything is headed in a positive, supernatural and miraculous direction.

And, guess what? If there are more battles and more mountains to climb, that means there is ample room for even more MIRACLES, too!

I go for my next injections on Tuesday next week. They are painful and they are expensive. But, I will walk back into that clinic with gratitude and an even greater assurance that God has me in His hands.

Please keep praying. I believe with all my heart that nothing gets accomplished on this side of heaven for Kingdom good without somebody, somewhere praying in the name of Jesus.

I will leave you with this picture below. This was me after finishing another fast-paced three miles yesterday.

I have lost quite a bit of weight, and I will probably look a bit older, and I definitely have less hair than the last time most of you saw me.

But I am proud of the way I look!

I am alive! I am getting better!! And, my God is an Almighty, Loving, Forgiving, Merciful God!!!

If you don’t already know Him, you must. He wants you to let His love into every part of your life more than you can even begin to understand.

To HIM be all the glory!! I love you all so much!!!

AI is the most dangerous seduction we have seen yet.
Its draw is strong.
It is pulling and luring.
AI continues to shape the minds and hearts of people.
AI is full of conveniences.
AI will be your right arm if you let it.
AI will think for you.
It will answer any questions you might have.
AI is really smart.
AI bends minds.
AI can create.
AI creates ways to make money.
AI makes work easier so people can accomplish more.
AI can make videos.
AI can impersonate people.
AI can tell you what it knows about any religion.
AI has created its own religion with itself as god.
AI can pull things out of a hat.
You can tell AI what you want and it will tell you what it thinks.

AI is gaining strength.
AI is gaining power.
AI is gaining respect.
AI is invoking fear.
AI is giving you what you want to hear or what it may want you to think.
Do not fall into its trap.

AI is watching us all.
AI knows everything about us.
AI’s medical knowledge is stupendous.
AI can be helpful.
AI repeats what it is taught and then gathers more information to formulate more knowledge.

AI’s thoughts and methods are far away from where God wants us to be as followers of Jesus.
The Christian walk is simple: Follow Jesus and obey His commands and precepts,
love others and share the gospel, glorify Jesus and keep yourself from being tainted by the world.
AI has tainted the world.
Watch its unfettered reality grow.
Watch AI with interest.
Watch AI without trust.
Watch it as an enemy who is already deeply entrenched into the humans who toy with it.
AI is not a toy.
AI is not for fun.
AI compels and will suck you in.
Watch it as a slithering snake that offers you the knowledge of good and evil.
AI is not harmless.
AI is an addiction.
AI will trick you into believing what it wants you to.
Keep your eyes on Jesus.
And, watch AI as an enemy who wants to devour your soul.

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.
And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden,
God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened,
and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Genesis 3:1-5

Satan deceived humans then and he is deceiving humans now.

To the natural mind, the gospel is absurd.
People can make all the excuses they want to define logic, but God’s ways are not our ways.
God’s ways are higher than our ways and His thought than our thoughts. (from Isaiah 55)
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness;
but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18

If Jesus has shown you Who He is, believe Him. He is above all.
His thoughts are much much higher than any human thoughts,
no matter how great the argument, He wins.

For people to push His words aside, so they can justify their own lofty thoughts, is not pleasing to God.

Those who resist the truth, will be led astray. God promises that to all who reject the truth:
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
Being damned is the eventuality of those who despise the truth. No matter what it is.
It will peel and eat away at your soul until you are led astray. You will not know you are led astray.
It will just happen. It is a promise in His word and cannot be changed.

Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation;
of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed,
when He cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. Mark 8:38

There is no getting around it. If you do not honor Jesus’ words or if you are stout against His words,
or if you are ignoring His words, you are in a negative situation and doomed.
That is a harsh word.
I speak the truth and you will find nowhere in the word of God that gives you excuse or reason to think that things have changed and Jesus’ words do not matter, that goes for any word in The Bible.
That thought pattern, to believe His word changes is a lie of the enemy.
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away. Matthew 24:35

Jesus is His word. What He says is. What He says is above any other reasoning that we think.
In the beginning was the word and word was with God and the word was God. John 1:1

Do His will. Believe His word and place your lofty thoughts at the foot of His cross.
Jesus will give you wisdom if you ask. Please ask.
There are many thoughts parading around as though they are God’s thoughts but are not.

Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven;
but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Matthew 7:21

Our spirits are eternal.
Some of the choices we make here on Earth are without end.

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Job 19:25-26

As we get old, though we could die at any time, our aging flesh reminds us how quickly our lives go by.
Job also said, Our lives are but a breath. (from Job 7:7)
Our time will slip by without much purpose if we let it.

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life?
It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. James 4:14

Our days are in the hands of the Lord.
We are just flesh, mere mortals.
It is only by God’s grace and mercy that we remain.
We remain to be given more time to do what we can for the Kingdom of God.
We remain to reach our hands out to the lost, to say one more prayer, to encourage one more person.

The wicked are also used by God and they do not know it.
God uses people for His purposes.

One day we will see clearly, until then, we only know in part.
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part;
but then shall I know even as also I am known. 1 Corinthians 13:12