Surely people are grass
The Prophet Isaiah writes,
"A voice says, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?"
"All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.
The grass withers and the flowers fall,
because the breath of the LORD blows on them.
Surely the people are grass.
The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God stands forever."
Isaiah 40:6-8.
We humans are a frail bunch. The strongest person in the world. The healthiest person in the world have usually past on to eternity before their hundred tenth birthday.
All of our accomplishments if we are lucky will be written down in a history book destined to accumulate dust on a shelf. Or lost among the myriad of information on the world wide web.
Who remembers good men like William Hamilton Merritt (July 3rd 1793-July 5th 1862) People living around the Niagara region in Canada see his name on many things but do they know who he is and what he did?
Who remembers Charles Lightoller (30 March 1874 – 8 December 1952). If they remember him from the Titanic. Do they even know he rescued 127 British servicemen from the beaches of Dunkirk during world war two in addition to doing other things for the British Admiralty during world war two.
We might remember Guglielmo Marcon (April 25, 1874-July 20, 1937) or Albert Einstein ( March 14, 1879-April 18, 1955) but how many of us know what the full extent of their contribution to human history was?
While these men in their own way were great. Their flowers have faded with the passing of time.
That being said the word on God is still standing. The Bible is being read daily by billions of people world wide. That despite some governments trying to prevent it.
“Surely the people are grass.” says Isaiah, “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."
Please think about it.
