Ecclesiastes
I read through Ecclesiastes today for the first time in a long, long while. Some people see it as gloomy and pessimistic, but I rediscovered an abundance of wisdom and an examination of life as it is, not as we wish it to be. I also find it interesting how many times Solomon praises the enjoyment of our work. There is something very noble in doing what makes us happy and not what we think others want us to do. The Teacher is careful to distinguish between true happiness and that which is fleeting. There´s a lot to process, but the smallness of man really caught my attention. God is big and we´re small. What he does lasts and what we do doesn´t. Only his work through us will stand up.
“11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.” (3:11, 14)
On a small, self-centered analysis, I cannot fathom what God is doing in me right now. Yet I know beyond any doubt that I´m changing for the better and that this time will affect the rest of my life and thus eternity. There is something special happening that I cannot describe.
