Read Psalms 90:10  David said that God would give us 70 years to live - may be even 80 if we take care of ourselves.  But even if we live to be an old, old person, death comes way too soon.  Sometimes we think that we have a long life to live and we can just take our time doing things for God.  We'll just do what we want to now and then do something for God later.  But it seems like so very soon, our life is suddenly over.  Our life goes by so quickly!  The last part of verse 9, which is just before our verse today, says that our life is just like "a tale that is told."  When we read a little story book before we go to bed, that is what our life is like!  No longer than it takes us to read a little story, our whole life is over!  The end of our verse says that our life is soon cut off and we fly away.  When we are cut off, where do we fly to?  If we are born into God's family, we will fly away to heaven to live with God forever and forever!  What a blessing!