WHAT'S THE POINT? (35)
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 2:12-26
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What's the Point? (35)
Series: Wisdom - Suffering, Thinking, Loving, and Living Authentically
Patrick Edwards
Ecclesiastes 2:12-26
Introduction
The other day I was cleaning the house, which is really a labor of love for me. Typically on Fridays, which is my day off, Teresa will go for a long run in the mornings and meanwhile I will clean the house. Now to some of you both of those things may sound like a terrible way to spend the morning of a day off, but I assure you, Teresa loves running and I love cleaning. So I was cleaning the house while the kids were watching a movie. I finished up right before Teresa got home so I just found myself standing there admiring what our house looks like when clean. Not that it’s normally dirty; if you know me well you know I’m quite obsessive when it comes to things being clean and in order, but when you live with a 5 and 3 year old, rarely is everything put away and clean. It was this particular morning though and so I did what seemed to be the appropriate thing, and that is to take pictures of the clean house.
Teresa walked in, saw me photographing the house, and looked at me with a puzzled look trying to figure out what I was doing. I sheepishly answered that I just wanted to have some sort of documentation to confirm that the house at one time had been clean and tidy. Right? Like when you’ve got little kids it’s not long before all your hard work is undone and the house is back in chaos. That’s true of every home regardless of your age or family situation. Once you finish dusting, dust starts collecting on the furniture again. Once you finish vacuuming, dirt starts appearing on the floors again. Once you finish cutting the grass or trimming the shrubs, new growth starts popping out. It’s frustrating!
Think about life in general. You’ll spend weeks and weeks trying to lose weight or get in shape, but in just a couple of days it seems you put the weight back on and get out of shape. People take care of them ...
Series: Wisdom - Suffering, Thinking, Loving, and Living Authentically
Patrick Edwards
Ecclesiastes 2:12-26
Introduction
The other day I was cleaning the house, which is really a labor of love for me. Typically on Fridays, which is my day off, Teresa will go for a long run in the mornings and meanwhile I will clean the house. Now to some of you both of those things may sound like a terrible way to spend the morning of a day off, but I assure you, Teresa loves running and I love cleaning. So I was cleaning the house while the kids were watching a movie. I finished up right before Teresa got home so I just found myself standing there admiring what our house looks like when clean. Not that it’s normally dirty; if you know me well you know I’m quite obsessive when it comes to things being clean and in order, but when you live with a 5 and 3 year old, rarely is everything put away and clean. It was this particular morning though and so I did what seemed to be the appropriate thing, and that is to take pictures of the clean house.
Teresa walked in, saw me photographing the house, and looked at me with a puzzled look trying to figure out what I was doing. I sheepishly answered that I just wanted to have some sort of documentation to confirm that the house at one time had been clean and tidy. Right? Like when you’ve got little kids it’s not long before all your hard work is undone and the house is back in chaos. That’s true of every home regardless of your age or family situation. Once you finish dusting, dust starts collecting on the furniture again. Once you finish vacuuming, dirt starts appearing on the floors again. Once you finish cutting the grass or trimming the shrubs, new growth starts popping out. It’s frustrating!
Think about life in general. You’ll spend weeks and weeks trying to lose weight or get in shape, but in just a couple of days it seems you put the weight back on and get out of shape. People take care of them ...
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