Chasing After the Wind
The Futility of Life
How many of you as young children engaged in a bit of make believe at one time or another. If you were a young lady, you perhaps had a tea party with your imaginary friends, or you dressed up and pretended to be a princess. If you were a young man, you may have pointed your baseball bat toward the outfield as if you were a major leaguer about to hit a home run. I dare say that all of us at one time or another have given our imaginations free rein. Even today, many of us watch as our young children and grandchildren do the same thing, only with different characters or costumes. At some point, though we wish we could remain in our imaginary world, we are each called back to reality. The world in which we live is often not as exciting as the world of make believe, but it is the world in which we must live our lives. The Book of Ecclesiastes confronts us with the unpleasant realities of this world and forces us to stop and ask ourselves what are we gaining in this life? Though the book may seem pessimistic at times, it challenges us to live our lives as if we were at the end of them looking back. From that vantage point we can see how our lives should be lived. I encourage you to spend time with me in this book as we consider these things.
