I spent the night in a restless dream of effort without resolution, completion or meaning. I remembered Solomon's exhaustive analysis, "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless." (Ecclesiastes 1:2) Yes, and he observed what I experienced in my dream. "All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their… Continue reading Meaninglessness and Vanity
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Swirling Around and Standing Firm
Do you often think about what other people are doing and saying? It might be America's favorite pastime and the instantaneous digital media has ignited it like an explosion of voices. Dissatisfaction stirs much of this hot air that rises like black smoke from burning rubber. The self-proclaimed victims cry out against injustice, prejudice, poverty,… Continue reading Swirling Around and Standing Firm
A Quiet Life
There are a number of verses in the Bible that command us to lead a quiet life, to provide for ourselves and to mind our own business. I Thes 4:11 encourages a Christian to lead a quiet life, to mind their own business, and to work with their own hands. II Thes 3:12 commands a… Continue reading A Quiet Life
