Ecclesiastes 1:12-14
I, the Teacher, when king over Israel in Jerusalem, applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to human beings to be busy with. I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun; and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
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Today is my birthday. I am 60. It is one of those birthdays that doesn't slide by in the wind like most do. It gives one pause. I have a friend who said to me when I turned 40 that everything is gravy after that. I think that is closer to the truth than the "Never trust anyone over 30" button that I wore when I was 20. At 10, I rode a birthday pony and had no idea that at 30 I would be rolling around with glue and glitter and 4 years olds at VBS. At 50, I was told I was as wise as I would ever be and still be fit enough to do something with what I knew. Yep, life does feel alot like chasing after wind or our tail and we end up making our own wind. But God - how I love those two words - But God, has given us Jesus to follow and it is in Jesus' name we are born anew everyday.
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Thanks to you, Lord, it's all good. Amen.
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Author's Note: ELOGOS has jury duty next week.
I, the Teacher, when king over Israel in Jerusalem, applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to human beings to be busy with. I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun; and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
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Today is my birthday. I am 60. It is one of those birthdays that doesn't slide by in the wind like most do. It gives one pause. I have a friend who said to me when I turned 40 that everything is gravy after that. I think that is closer to the truth than the "Never trust anyone over 30" button that I wore when I was 20. At 10, I rode a birthday pony and had no idea that at 30 I would be rolling around with glue and glitter and 4 years olds at VBS. At 50, I was told I was as wise as I would ever be and still be fit enough to do something with what I knew. Yep, life does feel alot like chasing after wind or our tail and we end up making our own wind. But God - how I love those two words - But God, has given us Jesus to follow and it is in Jesus' name we are born anew everyday.
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Thanks to you, Lord, it's all good. Amen.
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Author's Note: ELOGOS has jury duty next week.
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