The Chilean earthquake, the seventh largest on record at 8.8, has shifted the axis of the earth. It is estimated by geologists that our days may now be 1.26 microseconds shorter. This is much like a figure skater tightly hugging herself and thus spinning faster, so it is with our earth. If this were maintained for almost a million days we will have lost a second, which means we would live longer.
Considering the loss of life and the tininess of the time loss, it is a tragic way to calculate time. Actually, biologically we will not live longer, it is merely a time calculation, like losing an hour when we change to daylight saving time. There are some real ways to live longer, such as eating right, exercising, resting, etc. We can add ten years or so to our lives by following the rules of good health. Then again there is the biggie. We can add decades, centuries, and millenniums to our lives. We can live forever. How’s that for living longer?
Of course I am referring to allowing Jesus to be the Lord of our lives. Plus, it is not merely the addition of breathing time. We are speaking of maximum quality. The gift of quantity without quality would actually be hell instead of heaven. Fortunately, He loves us and He wouldn’t think of giving us the quantity without the quality. I have known many people who wanted the quantity of life here to be shortened. Circumstances can compound into such a low quality of existence it is horrible to go on. That is exactly what Jesus wants to save us from. When Jesus talks about life He is talking about the abundant life. See John 10:10.
Written by Roger Bothwell on March 3, 2010
Spring of Life Ministry, PO Box 124, St. Helena, CA 94574
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