Only Here For A Little While

Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. - James 4:14, NLT

We blossom like a flower and then wither. Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear. - Job 14:2, NLT

Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered— how fleeting my life is. You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath. - Psalm 39:4-5, NLT

Shout that people are like the grass. Their beauty fades as quickly as the flowers in a field. The grass withers and the flowers fade beneath the breath of the Lord. And so it is with people. The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever. - Isaiah 40:6-8, NLT

I'm gonna hold who needs holdin'

Mend what needs mendin'

Walk what needs walkin'

Though it means an extra mile

Pray what needs prayin'

Say what needs sayin'

'Cause we're only here

For a little while

Today I stood singin' songs and sayin','Amen'

Saying goodbye to an old friend who seemed so young

He spent his life workin' hard to chase a dollar

Putting off until tomorrow the things he should have done

Made me start thinking, "What's the hurry, why the runnin'?

I don't like what I'm becoming, gonna change my style

Take my time and I take it all for granted

'Cause we're only here for a little while"

Gonna hold who needs holdin'

Mend what needs mendin'

Walk what needs walkin'

Though it means an extra mile

Pray what needs prayin'

Say what needs sayin'

'Cause we're only here

For a little while

Let me love like I'll never see tomorrow

Treat each day as though it's borrowed

Like it's precious as a child

Oh, take my hand

Let us reach out to each other

'Cause we're only here for a little while - Billy Dean

Billy Dean - Only Here for a Little While