Happy Wednesday! (Meaningless) (10/28/09)

Sup all,

Always thought Ecclesiastes was a depressing book - at a glance, u can basically summarize it as: everything's meaningless, we're all gonna die! /sob sob T_T

Solomon's life was tragic, he started out so well but fell away from God (2 chron). The book of Ecc. was written towards the end of his reign as he reflected over his entire lifetime's pursuit of wisdom, pleasure and wealth - only to find it all meaningless. He summarized the wisdom gained over an entire lifetime into these three pieces of advice (at least...the 3 i found, prolly more if u dug deep enuff):

1- Find enjoyment in life wherever you can - be it in work, food, or ur wife/husband (see #2).
2- You need God to be truly satisfied - so everything we do needs to be done with God in mind.
3- Fear God - meaning honour him and, with an attitude of humility, know him to be holy.

Encouragement of the week, find satisfaction/enjoyment in even school/work! I think so many of us honestly dont care about our jobs and celebrate more fridays than mondays. I want to be able to, with God's help, find satisfaction/enjoyment in my work. we're supposed to come home tired at the end of the day knowing our time was spent on worthwhile pursuits. We're supposed to find joy in satisfying our hungers and emotional needs. we're supposed to do all of this with the understanding that God is the giver of all these things and that, in the end, only He can ultimately satisfy our craving for things eternal.

Have a happy, meaningful wednesday! =)

Edward

"A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work. This too, I see, is from the hand of God, for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment?" - Ecc 2:24-25

"He has also set eternity in the hearts of men..." - Ecc. 3:11

"Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole [duty] of man. For God will bring every deed into judgement, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil." - Ecc. 12:13-14


Cage fighting kitties!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiCuw1N49O8&feature=related