Ecclesiastes 3:9-15
English Standard Version (ESV)
God has put eternity in your heart. It explains our longing for God, our desire to see beyond the veil, to ask and seek the answers to the biggest questions in life. Humans have always stared into the heavens and wondered. We have looked at the way things are and known that they are not as they should be -- we have something in our hearts that tells us there is another way, a better way.
Ecclesiastes is a bit of philosophy -- a man has set out to figure life out, and he's wrestling between the beauty of the earth and the despair that often surrounds us. He reminds us to enjoy the creation God has given us, to eat what is good, to relish the pleasures of life and do good. God has blessed us in this life, and so we should live as we are grateful, and yet that eternity in our hearts will remind us that God endures forever, and that we, too, are invited into that reality.
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