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Life Passes Faster Than You Think“The days of our life are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; for it soon passes, and we fly away.” — Psalm 90:10When the Bible speaks about the length of life, it is not making a cold calculation of years, but calling us to face reality: time is short and moves faster than we realize. For young people, seventy or eighty years may seem like a lifetime, but God reminds us that even a long life carries fatigue, struggle, and limitations, and when we finally notice, it is already gone, already flown by. Youth often deceives us into thinking there will always be a “later,” but Scripture pulls us back to the urgency of now.Abraham lived many years, and so did Jacob, yet when Jacob looked back, he said something striking: “few and evil have been the days of my life.” Not because God failed, but because life, when not centered on God, always feels heavier. This teaches us that it is not the number of years that defines a well lived life, but the meaning we give to each day. It is possible to live long and still live empty.The psalm says that even with strength, life is filled with labor and sorrow. The word used speaks of hard work, weariness, and a burden every human being carries. This shatters the illusion that success, money, or status can save us from pain. The truth is simple and sobering: a longer life does not guarantee happiness, and going far does not mean going fulfilled.That is why the text ends by saying, “we fly away.” Life passes like a dream, like a vision in the night. Today you are young, full of plans; tomorrow you may be looking back, wondering where the time went. The real question is not how long you will live, but for whom you are living right now.If today you realize you have been spending your days on autopilot, distant from God, this is the moment to change. Give your youth, your plans, and your time to the Lord while there is still strength. Pray now and say, “God, teach me to live before time passes and I realize I flew without purpose.”