Hanningfield Green 

Lawshall 

Bury St Edmunds 

Suffolk 

IP29 4QD 

Just a Thought

There is a saying that used to be more familiar in time past than today which is, ‘Threescore years and ten’. It actually comes from the Bible and refers to the length of time we are here on earth: ‘The days of our years are threescore years and ten’ Psalm 90 v 10.

Someone has calculated how a typical lifespan of seventy years is spent. Here is their estimate:

Sleep 23.0yrs 32.9%

Work 16.0yrs 22.8%

TV 8.0yrs 11.4%

Eating 6.0yrs 8.6%

Travel 6.0yrs 8.6%

Leisure 4.5yrs 6.5%

Illness 4.0yrs 5.7%

Dressing 2.0yrs 2.8%

Religion 0.5yrs 0.7%

Total 70.0yrs 100.0%

When examined so precisely it makes life look a bit mundane, but God originally created us through the Lord Jesus Christ for the purpose of enjoying fellowship with Him; Colossians 1 v 16 ‘All things were created through Him and for Him’. When the first man and woman, Adam and Eve, rejected Him, the human race became ‘separated from the life of God’, such that without Him we are described as ‘living in the futility of our minds’ Ephesians 4 v 17,18. By nature we now worship and serve ourselves (Romans 1 v 25), but any who repent and receive the Lord Jesus He delivers from their ‘aimless conduct’ 1 Peter 1 v 18 that they might worship Him ‘in spirit and truth’ John 4 v 24, who is far more worthy of worship than we are.