The Meal That Heals

The Meal That Heals

pain of a premature departure. Many Scriptures indicate that God blessed His people with a long life: “And thou shalt go to thy father 's in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.” Genesis 15:15 “And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulcher of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites." Judges 8:32 “And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.” 1 Chronicles 29:28 “And even to your old age I am he: and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will hear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.” Isaiah 46:4 “After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations. So Job died, being old and full of days.” Job 42:16-17 We must acknowledge that it is God’s will for us to live a long life and fulfill our days. Moses wrote that a person could live to be seventy or eighty years of age: “The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet it is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off and we fly away” Psalms 90:10 My father has noted that, in the Bible, there is no verse that tells us how long each of us will live. We both believe it is God’s desire

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