Richard Hollerman

Time passes and we don’t know what will be tomorrow. This day I learned of professors that I had years ago. The one lived years ago (as I said) and died of “old age” at about 93. He is now gone. There was another teacher who wrote many scholarly books. I wrote only one. I suppose that he would still be alive, although he might be in his 90s.

I don’t know where or how they died, but they both are now gone—I think. These two teachers had much education and pursued this religiously. They were very different in beliefs and connections. But they both are now gone, at least the first one, and I don’t know about the second one. I think of another one who taught Greek but I guess that he too is now gone.

Life is like this. We live for 60, 70, 80, or even 90 years and then we are gone. Scripture says, “The days of our life, they contain seventy years, or if due to strength, eighty years, yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; for soon it is gone and we fly away” (Psalm 90:10). Like the psalmist and the educators above, they ae gone and will never be seen again. Are you prepared? Am I prepared?

As I think about life, I realize that many of the ones I used to know years ago are now gone. There was J. W. who was an author. He is gone Then there was another one with the same first initials. But he also is now gone. The teacher I knew who taught the Corinthian letters is gone. The person who taught the Greek class, as I remember it, is now gone too. I could go on and on. They are all gone and will be seen no more.

I was involved in a home group years ago. I think that the person in whose house we met is gone. The man who was with me., sitting on the floor, is now gone. The couple who were missionaries in Brazil and then returned to the States. I wonder what happened to them? The other couple (I can’t remember their names) is now gone. The teacher I had who taught Greek and then died, again I wonder about him. This could go on and on. They are all gone. Yes, I have repented of a lot back there but here I find myself at the present, without further to say, but they are all gone. And I have turned away from a lot of that too. It is good to realize that God knows what He is doing and He will take all of this information of the past and use it to His glory.

So we find ourselves in the present time and all of these people are now gone. I don’t know where it all has gone and where people are now. In this world of billions of people, we know that most of them know not God and are now lost. If only we could retrieve those who are gone but we can’t. But we can call on the Lord from a pure heart and seek His forgiveness and help at this time.

Recently, we were surveying the many people I knew at a school that I attended. They are all gone now and no one is left. People I once knew are gone. The place I went to each day for many years is now gone. It has been taken over by feminists and others. How is this possible? It can’t be remedied now for it is too late and what I once knew is gone.

Let us seek the Lord. In fact the scripture says; seek the Lord while He may be found. Call on Him while He is near. Let us seek Him and do His will now and we’ll commit the past, the present, and the future to Him.