I have a special post from a regular reader…enjoy:
As some of you know I have a particular fascination with the bible and religion. As we sit here today with uncertain economic futures I thought I’d spring a little Ecclesiastes on you. Ecclesiastes is my favorite book in the bible because it is the only one that is truly inspirational to me. The entire theme of the book is that life is short, there is often no justice, things regularly go awry, and there is no afterlife in which mysteries are reveled and all is made right. (OK – Perhaps it is my favorite just because the book fits my worldview.)
So life is unfair, so what? We were lucky enough to walk around a bit. These two verses sum it up for me. By the way, please don’t ‘respond to all’. There are far too many people on the distribution. Plus, this is for pondering not reaction.
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”
-Ecclesiastes 9:10-11
Yes, I was meditating a little at lunch. J I just think this is interesting.