Well… ok, one post on Ecclesiastes.<\/p>\n
What a marvelous train wreck of a Bible book! I don’t mean that in a derogatory way, but in a worshipful one. It is this way because it takes my life, and the things that I naturally and normally value, and it one by one rips them away from my grasping fingers.<\/p>\n
Pleasure? Fleeting. Wisdom? Huh. Like it matters. Achievement? You’ll be forgotten, and soon. Time? Justice? Can’t control either one. Merit? Worth nothing. Riches? Rusting, and you’re a pauper anyway.\u00a0Death? Certain and without escape, no matter how ‘good’ you’ve been. Fool? Yes, that’s you.<\/p>\n
When I act in a certain way in order to get longer life, or reward outside of the deed itself… my self-righteousness is exposed, and my actions worthless.<\/p>\n
Despair would rule supreme in this world of absurd meaninglessness… were it not for the reality of an outside meaning, an outside rescuer, a kingdom that was not this world.<\/p>\n
“Who will save me from this body of death? Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord!”<\/p>\n
Thank you, Lord, for giving us this wise book that shatters our little dreams, to drive us to more<\/em> in you. Thank you that Jesus is our everything<\/em>, and that you love us even though we fill our lives with self-righteous striving. Forgive us, Father, and help us to grow up in Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well… ok, one post on Ecclesiastes. What a marvelous train wreck of a Bible book! I don’t mean that in a derogatory way, but in a worshipful one. It is this way because it takes my life, and the things that I naturally and normally value, and it one by one rips them away from … Continue reading Absurd<\/span>