by CharlesRobey
(Trussville, AL USA)
A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God, for without Him, who can eat or find enjoyment?" (Ecclesiastes 1:24-25)
Would you like to go back to the past? (Reference the movie, by the same title). Knowing what I know now, I just don't think I'd like to physically relive those secular days of yester year. You see, I've been there and done that. For I feel like I'm old as dirt, and now twice as gritty.
Some tasks were kind of fun, while others were time consuming and hard to accomplish. I guess I'm just more accustomed to a more easier life style. After all, what advantages did I have in all this hard living? Nonetheless, the above intro Scripture tells us the goal of life is to enjoy to the fullest the life that God has given us. We realize that God has not revealed the solution to all of life's problems, but has given us a life to enjoy while living in obedience to Him.
Scripture tells us that even memories of our past and future efforts to attain worthwhile accomplishments are soon forgotten. (Ecclesiastes 1:3, 11) So just how many of the accomplishments of your school mates do you now remember? (Ecclesiastes 1:4)
You see, life is full of paradoxes that cannot be solved. (Ecclesiastes 1:15) And even great wisdom is ineffective in easing life's frustrations. (Ecclesiastes 1:17-18)
So on with the blog!
Son: "Oh Dad, where's my ride? You better get me that car I want."
Father, " You should appreciate what you have now, son, When I was your age, I had to walk 5 miles in the snow with no shoes to get to school."
Is this apparently how far every parent and grandparent had to walk in order to get to school, usually without shoes?
I do remember my school days. I did start out walking to school until my parents graced me with a bicycle. Nonetheless, even though sometimes the journey seemed to be miles, it surely wasn't 5 miles. More like a couple of miles, at best.
Ever wonder where this old cliché came from and who started this most ridiculous idiom? Well, for sure it is certainly is not found in the Bible, for walking is very good exercise. It's the cheapest way to get from point "A" to point "B."
Oh, I know time marches on, so to speak. Nonetheless, in this supposedly advanced Twenty-First Century, I get the impression our young ones exercise their fingers more so than they do their legs, with the onset of all the modern high tech iPhones, iPads and laptop PC's. They had rather talk across the room with their fingers, than stretch their God-given vocal chords. Times have certainly transformed, modified or revolutionized our perceived mindset, whatever the case may be.
And to top off the amusing dialog of this debate, we have forgotten how to thumb through our Bibles in church as well. When the pastor asks for a certain Scripture passage, the sanctuary immediately becomes a high tech display of flickering hand-held devices. No longer is the whispering sound of turning pages heard. Do these high tech devices have an app that reads, "Holy Bible"? I can still remember when my grandson asked for his first Bible, it had to be black leather bound and display the inscription "Holy Bible."
Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy the ease with which we now have the good life that now is. I surely don't want to go back to days of yesteryear: the straight shift vehicles with no power steering or brakes, the three channel TV's, with
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