48. Свеча горящая
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Human! Like a burning candle in front of you, so is your life in front of you. The longer the candle burns, the more it decreases. So you, the longer you live, the more your life shortens. The candle burns out and goes out. This is how a person ends his life and dies. When the candle goes out, it seems as if it never existed. So when a person dies and is buried, it seems as if he never existed. You see, Christian, what a person is and what his life is. Remember that your life will go out, just like you see a candle go out. Prepare in advance for your death - may you die blissfully. “Tell me, O Lord, my end and the number of my days: what it is, so that I may understand what remains for me. Behold, You have measured my days and my composition with spans as nothing before You. Truly, everything is vanity, every man who lives. Truly, man walks like a ghost; It’s in vain that he only hesitates; he gathers up treasure and does not know for whom he is gathering it up” 10 (Ps. 39:5-7).
Translation by P. Yungerov – Editorial “ABC of Faith”
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