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1,811 trips to McDonalds

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CONSIDER A FEW excerpts from Tom Heymann’s book, “In An Average Lifetime…”

Mr. Heymann analyzed several aspects of life and calculated what an individual does in a typical lifetime. The average American:

  • Spends 3 years in business meetings
  • Spends 13 years watching television
  • Spends $89,281 on food
  • Consumes 109,354 pounds of food
  • Makes 1811 trips to McDonalds
  • Spends $6,881 in vending machines
  • Eats 35,138 cookies and 1,483 pounds of candy
  • Catches 304 colds
  • Is involved in 6 motor vehicle accidents
  • Is hospitalized 8 times (men) or 12 times (women)
  • Spends 24 years sleeping

With all of this activity, or lack thereof, it is important to remember that life is brief at best.  Are we doing the really important things with the time we have been given?

“Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow.  For what is your life?  It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.”  James 4:14

Mike Benson

 

Daddy, I’m engaged!

Saturday night I received a phone call from my daughter.  After I said “hello,” on the other end of the line I heard my daughter excitedly say, “Daddy, I’m engaged!”

But how can that be?  It was just last week that I was holding her in my arms for the very first time, being surprised by her big dimples.  It was just yesterday that she was swinging on her swing set in the back yard, singing at the top of her lungs for the whole neighborhood to hear.  How could the little girl that I just taught to ride a bike be getting married?

My, how time flies!  But I should already know that.  James told us that when he said our life is like a vapor that appears for a short time and vanishes away (James 4:14).  The phone call I received from my daughter on Saturday night was a reminder to me to make the best use of the time we have.  Not just with reference to our families, but to our God as well.  Before we all realize it, we’ll all receive a “call” from God.  When that call comes, will you be prepared?  Give it some thought.

Steve Higginbotham