{"id":5434,"date":"2020-06-11T15:53:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T15:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/2020\/06\/11\/when-every-day-could-be-your-last-living-with-uncertainty\/"},"modified":"2020-06-11T15:53:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T15:53:55","slug":"when-every-day-could-be-your-last-living-with-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/when-every-day-could-be-your-last-living-with-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"When every day could be your last. Living with uncertainty."},"content":{"rendered":"

11 June 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert]  <\/p>\n

A new documentary series explores life on the edge. <\/em><\/p>\n

How long do you expect to live? The Bible can be quite hard-hitting on the subject: \u201cAll people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.\u201d [1 Peter 4:24-15 NIV]<\/p>\n

The words are meant to be encouraging \u2013 and they are \u2013 but it is never nice to be reminded that life is short. And while the Psalmist talks about \u201cthree score and ten\u201d or 70 years [Psalm 90:10] there are those who live with the reality that today may be their last.<\/p>\n

\"Uncertainty<\/a>Uncertainty! Planning for the future when there may be no future? How do you deal with it?<\/p>\n

In the first episode of a five-part documentary series, we explore these issues with two such people. Amy suffers from a form of epilepsy that potentially means she may not wake up tomorrow morning. Adriano, a fisherman on the Amazon river in Brazil, fights for survival in a changing world. His family depends on his daily catch, but the Amazon ecosystem itself is increasingly uncertain.<\/p>\n

Two different stories, both very moving. Two very different cultures, and yet the same reality: Uncertainty.<\/p>\n

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