Thursday, August 17, 2006
Ding,
The Ecclesiastes feeling...hmm, kinda like that of feeling that life is meaningless, pointlessness in everything that we do. I couldn't agree less sometimes, let's have a go shall we?
1) Homework/School Stuff: A degree, a job, what's the point isn't it. We all die one day, we don't take our possessions with us when we go. Money, property all this is meaningless, we cannot find satisfaction in assets. Homework is pointless, why learn all this stuff about differentiation, integration, electromagnetic induction, all this is meaningless, they have no eternal value.
2) Soccer/Hobbies: It's fun! So what? for now it's fun, all fun has to come to an end one day. Enjoyment and pleasures are transient, they come and go, and we'll never find satisfaction there.
3) Wisdom/Knowledge: Again, we can only pursue more and more, an insatiable appetite, a vacuum that can never be fully filled.
I'm sure you could name a lot more. And I'm equally sure you've heard before that the answer to all these 'meaninglessness' lies with God and with Jesus. Jesus is the living bread and water, we that fellowship with Him will never grow thirsty, nor will we grow hungry. We can look to Him for satisfaction. In fact, there is a God-shaped vacuum in every one of us that longs to be filled by God, I think as long as we have God in our hearts, inwardly, we can always find meaning in things that we do.
Let's say, watching humpback whales, sitting back, lying back and watching nature at work, nature's magnificence. Doesn't this already lead you to think of something? That's right! God's magnificence, you know...the reason why God made the world so beautiful was to draw men to Him through creation, it was to reveal to us a very very small portion of his beauty. I've always dreamt of being where you are, of whale-watching, of looking at the wonders of nature. Still remember a time when I was in America, in the embrace of Yosemite valley, surrounded by the surpassing beauty of snow-capped mountains, it was so surreal, it was so beautiful...and my mine went to God. "Who am I that you are mindful of me"....Oh...nature is there to make us feel so small and to appreciate that love that the Father has for us!
Next time you feel meaningless...look to God...ask Him to reveal some sort of meaning to you...I'm sure He will!
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