Solomon was way smarter than you. And way more successful. And probably much better looking.
One day he decided to apply his intellect, success, (and good looks?) to figure out everything*. Here’s what he came up with:
Everything is pointless, like trying to tackle a gust of wind.**
Take a sip of that with your morning coffee… And then comment and let us know what you think he means. Is everything really pointless?***
(Ecclesiastes 1:12-15)
*”I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has done under heaven.”
** You’ll just end up lying in a puddle of wasted exertion. And that doesn’t clean up easily.
*** If no one comments, I’ll know that this post was indeed pointless.
One must read to the end of Solomon’s musings.Eccles. 12:13 Now all has been heard;here is the conclusion of the matter:Fear God and keep his commandments,for this is the whole duty of man.
Ha! Your post is not pointless! I think like this sometimes, because ultimately, we do place a lot of emphasis on all kinds of things that just are pointless and petty and only important based upon the society in which we live…all that really matters is God and all that stuff we wrap up in God (love, faith, forgiveness, belief, mercy, grace…etc) and then…things matter in this way, but not in the way they mattered before…honestly, we probably do spend a lot of time overzealous about the wrong things and only mildly zealous (if that’s possible) about the really important… Read more »