There is nothing upon earth which is not stamped with the mark of Instability and Uncertainty.
All the good things which money can buy, are but Momentary: they either leave us or we are obliged to leave them!
All the sweetest relationships in life are liable to come to an end...death may come any day and cut them off.
The man whose happiness depends entirely on things here below, is like him who builds his house on sand, or leans his weight on a reed.
Tell me not of your happiness, if it daily hangs on the Uncertainties of earth.
Your home may be rich in comforts...
Your wife and children may be all you could desire...
Your means may be amply sufficient to meet all your needs....
But oh, remember, if you have nothing more than this to look to...
You stand on the brink of a precipice!
Your rivers of pleasure may any day be dried up.
Your joy may be deep and earnest...but it is fearfully short-lived!
It has no root.
It is not true happiness.
~J. C. Ryle~