For my days vanish like smoke...
As for man, his days are like grass --
he blooms like a flower of the field;
when the wind passes over it,
it vanishes,
and its place is no longer known.
Unless we are careful, we slip into an Ecclesiastes mindset, that this life is meaningless. Remember, Ecclesiastes is given to us as an example of the misery into which one is destined if one chooses to disregard the life of obedience to God they fully understand and have rejected, namely what Solomon did, the author of these woes. He gave us Proverbs, the wisdom he knew to follow, but instead gave himself to temporal pleasures...and found misery. As my spiritual mentor, Pastor Carter Goolsby once said, in your Bible above Ecclesiastes, write, "Don't try this at home!"
These Psalms are NOT to say to us that this life is meaningless but on the contrary, priceless, exceptionally valuable. Scarcity determines value so how precious is a life that passes in moments? In addition, the brevity of this life brings the enormity of eternity into focus. This is not our home...Hebrews 11:16, Colossians 3:1.
Pastor Fred
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