Interestingly enough, the counsel to live "as
though you had 1,000 years to live, and as you would if you knew you must die
tomorrow," originated in the writings of Mother Ann Lee of the Shakers,
not in Ellen G. White sources. See Time, July 28, 1961, page 53. See
Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, p. 200, for the Ellen G. White statement,
"We should watch and work and pray as though this were the last day that
would be granted us."
Thought for the Day
"Blessed are the meek." The difficulties we have to encounter may be very much lessened by that meekness which hides itself in Christ. If we possess the humility of our Master, we shall rise above the slights, the rebuffs, the annoyances, to which we are daily exposed, and they will cease to cast a gloom over the spirit. Desire of Ages, p. 301