| Chapel Chats #14 |
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Devotional Messages from Dr. Dennis Lynn, President of Cascade College
A few years ago, Michael Landon died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 54. Three TV generations enjoyed the actor, first as little Joe Cartwright, then as Charles Ingalls, and then as a helpful angel in “Highway to Heaven.”
Michael Landon had just began working on a new show when he was stricken by a chest and abdominal pain. The cancer diagnosis came as quite a shock. In a Life magazine interview he said, “I think I have it because most of my life, though I was never a drunk, I drank too much. I also smoked too many cigarettes and ate a lot of wrong things. And if you do that, even if you think you’re too strong to get anything, you’re going to pay.”
He went on to say, “Somebody should tell us, right at the start of life that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute…Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.”
The apostle Paul wrote in agreement, “Be careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity” (Ephesians 5:15-16).
James put it this way: “What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes” (James 4:14).
Let’s learn the lesson and live abundantly in the Lord. The holy life is the only real highway to Heaven.
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