CAN'T BUY ME REST (39)
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:8, Ecclesiastes 6:12
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Can't Buy Me Rest (39)
Series: Wisdom - Suffering, Thinking, Loving, and Living Authentically
Patrick Edwards
Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:12
Introduction
This past week I was catching up on the phone with an old buddy of mine who just recently had a second child. It's always fun getting to chat with this guy because we've been friends since we were nine. We grew up together, lived together in college, he was the best man in my wedding, he was there last year when I was in the hospital; we've really been through everything together. So its fun when we chat because we often end up comparing and contrasting different phases of life that we've been through.
Now, as I just mentioned, Jimmy recently had a second child and so we were talking about all the joys and challenges of a second kid, particularly on just how expensive children were. Soon, this led to just a general complaint about money itself, though. We were talking about the blessings and curses of growing up and making money, because as kids we never had the kind of freedom that we have now as adults, but we also had no responsibilities and that was pretty nice. In college, we were broke and couldn't do anything really, and yet we were carefree not having to take care of anyone but ourselves.
Right? We spent like an hour trying to figure out if getting older and making money was actually a good thing or not. And we couldn't really come to a conclusion: there are pros and cons, but its just the nature of life itself. Then we just started talking about UVa football, or the lack thereof, and moved on. It was really a very appropriate conversation, though, at least for me, because the question of money and whether or not it is a good thing is the subject matter of our passage this morning in Ecclesiastes 5 and 6.
We ask simply is money a good or bad thing? Especially as Christians should we enjoy money or hate it? Is it ok to have wealth and to have possessions or should we be living out in the desert ...
Series: Wisdom - Suffering, Thinking, Loving, and Living Authentically
Patrick Edwards
Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:12
Introduction
This past week I was catching up on the phone with an old buddy of mine who just recently had a second child. It's always fun getting to chat with this guy because we've been friends since we were nine. We grew up together, lived together in college, he was the best man in my wedding, he was there last year when I was in the hospital; we've really been through everything together. So its fun when we chat because we often end up comparing and contrasting different phases of life that we've been through.
Now, as I just mentioned, Jimmy recently had a second child and so we were talking about all the joys and challenges of a second kid, particularly on just how expensive children were. Soon, this led to just a general complaint about money itself, though. We were talking about the blessings and curses of growing up and making money, because as kids we never had the kind of freedom that we have now as adults, but we also had no responsibilities and that was pretty nice. In college, we were broke and couldn't do anything really, and yet we were carefree not having to take care of anyone but ourselves.
Right? We spent like an hour trying to figure out if getting older and making money was actually a good thing or not. And we couldn't really come to a conclusion: there are pros and cons, but its just the nature of life itself. Then we just started talking about UVa football, or the lack thereof, and moved on. It was really a very appropriate conversation, though, at least for me, because the question of money and whether or not it is a good thing is the subject matter of our passage this morning in Ecclesiastes 5 and 6.
We ask simply is money a good or bad thing? Especially as Christians should we enjoy money or hate it? Is it ok to have wealth and to have possessions or should we be living out in the desert ...
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