I have learned the older I become

The brevity of time

How quickly the years dance by

This I have come to find

My children are growing up

Faster than I had planned

Though I see it happening

I have yet to fully understand

How life can so fleetingly

Seem to pass us by

All we can do is make the most of it

With all that we can try

I even look at myself

I am getting older its true

As the days go on by

We’re all getting older me, and also you

We must make the most of this time

In which we have been given

Truly live a life for God

A life worth liven

We must raise our children

The best that we can

Teaching them of the Lord

And how to live for Him

We too must live it wisely

Walking with God each day

In all aspects of life

Whether work or play

For time is quickly passing

May we learn to use it for His glory

So, when our time is up

We will have a triumphant story

That we walked with God

And we loved Him so

And through brevity of time

It was our faith in which did grow

Erin Fitts-Brower

Brevity of time

James 4:14 NIV

Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

Psalm 144:4

They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow.

Psalm 90:12 NIV

Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Psalm 39:4-5 NIV

“Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is. You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.