Have you ever come across the story of the rich farmer who has a barn full of yams, and already it was time for another harvest. Waooooo, great! Isn't it? I can't just imagine how rich the man would be. So, instead of the rich man to give out is previous harvest to the poor, he was amazed at his wealth and was enveloped in it, then he told his servants to tear down the old barn and build a bigger one so as to hold the new harvest in it. Well it did happen and he had his harvest and his barn was filled to the brim again. Can you imagine the joy he could have felt? But, that night the Creator said to him "I shall take your life this moment" and all your riches shall be scattered and your name forgotten".
The sun speaks to us daily, no matter how beautiful or shining it may be in the day, it will surely go dark. So, what do you want your own sun to be remembered for? How many clothes did you dry up, how many bodies did you burn?
Live so as to be remembered after you are gone, or even when the difficult time comes. How many lives have you impacted and would be ready to stand by you during those difficult times.
Nothing Last Forever, it eventually goes dark.
Nearly two years ago, the eyes of the world were on Oklahoma, where a man named Richard Glossip was facing execution for a 1997 murder many people say he was not involved in. I learned about Richard’s case when actress Susan Sarandon contacted me, expressing deep concern that the State of Oklahoma was just about to kill an innocent man. After reviewing the facts, I too became convinced of Richard’s innocence, and we decided to make a public plea for the governor to gra nt freedom On 30 September 2015, Richard came within minutes of execution by lethal injection, when officials suddenly stopped the proceedings. As it turned out, the state of Oklahoma had procured the wrong execution drug, risking another botched execution that would lead to a slow and painful death. At the last minute, Governor Mary Fallin, not exactly an opponent of the death penalty, issued a stay of Richard’s execution. Today, Richard’s situation is nowhere near being resolved. As the st...
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