[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":9},["ShallowReactive",2],{"post-why-we-die-prematurely":3},{"documentId":4,"title":5,"slug":6,"text":7,"publishedAt":8,"createdAt":8,"updatedAt":8},"d9904053-73a0-458c-bbd1-68cab9d53ebc","Why We Die Prematurely","why-we-die-prematurely","\u003Cp>*Why We Die Prematurely*\u003Cbr>Ecclesiastes 7:16-17 \u003Cbr>NIV\u003Cbr>Do not be overrighteous, neither be overwise-why destroy yourself? Do not be overwicked, and do not be a fool-why die before your time?\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Oh, so you can die before your time! Did you know this? I am sure you’ve been to some funerals that you yourself have said “This guy has died too early !”  \u003Cbr> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Even the posters you’ve seen in town announcing some deaths have on them “ Gone too soon!”  Or “ What a shock !”  Yes, that’s what it means. Yes, these are perceived to have died prematurely!\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>The writer lists things that can send you to your grave prematurely; read it again ;\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Ecclesiastes 7:16-17 \u003Cbr>NIV\u003Cbr>Do not be overrighteous, neither be overwise-why destroy yourself? Do not be overwicked, and do not be a fool-why die before your time?\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Hmm “ overrighteous” “  overwise” \u003Cbr>“overwicked” and finally “do not be a fool” wow  I’ll need time to take these one after the other; unfortunately this is time which I don’t have.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>What does it mean to be over righteousness, over wicked, as for “ foolishness “ you know it, if not from experience then at least through observation!\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>What you can take away from reading these is this, there are limits to everything; if you cross the set boundaries you’ll die prematurely! You’ll be gone too soon!\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Unfortunately here is where we fail miserably , when we refuse to listen to advice from those who have run the race, travelled on that road before etc , we cross the set limits and as a result, die prematurely!\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>You only live here once! There is no spare life like an ECG prepaid lifeline credit! Though as humans through science we have created /develop human “spare parts” ( artificial teeth, limbs, eyes etc) we’ve not been successful in creating a spare life!\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>If you care to know the medicine/medications etc we take are only meant to extend our lives. That's all they do, to correct and reset some variables that have shifted as a result of something we have done to the body.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>You may ask but why write this? Well, I’ve seen many reap unpleasant consequences of the failure to pay attention to the advice of the proverb writer.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Some were “overrighteous \"; others were “ over wicked “ and some were simply “ foolish”. \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Hmm, it’s not easy! Oh! Why die before your time?\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>If in doubt ignore warnings at a machine shop, rely on your limited, infantile knowledge or wisdom and see what will happen to you.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>What is the conclusion, it is possible to die prematurely; this happens when we ignore set limits or rules. I pray that this write-up guides you as you walk this earth.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Do not be “ over righteous “.  Do not be “ over wicked “ and finally do not be “ foolish “   Pause often to ask and examine yourself!\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Part 2 later.\u003C/p>","2026-10-12T14:37:52.443Z",1791826561723]