Job 14:1,2

Our lives on earth are short. Job said that we are like flowers. Some flowers are very beautiful. But they may last only for a few hours. Or, Job said that we are like shadows. A shadow has a clear shape. And it moves like a person. You could almost think that your shadow was alive. But your shadow disappears in a moment.

So our lives may be beautiful, like the flowers. And they may be active, like shadows. But we shall soon be dead.