MORE FUTILITY

More wisdom from Solomon.

"So I decided to compare wisdom with foolishness

and madness (for who can do this better than I

the king).  I thought, 'Wisdom is better than 

foolishness, just as light is better than darkness.

For the wise can see where they are going, but

fools walk in the dark.'  Yet I saw that the wise

and the foolish share the same fate."

(Ecclesiastes 2:12 - 14 NLT)

No matter how wise you or I are.  Nor how

foolish the other person is, we all will share

the same fate,  that is, the grave and having

to answer to God who gave us life.

Again our focus needs to be on our appointment

with the day we stand before our maker - God.

"I came to hate all my hard work here on earth,

for I must leave to others everything I have earned."

(Ecclesiastes 2:18 NLT)

Just an observation here.  I probably have lived 

longer than you have and may have seen something

more often as a result.  But you have seen it too.

MOST INHERITANCES ARE PLAIN AND 

SIMPLE SQUANDERED.

There was an old saying when I was growing 

up that said;

"Grandpa earned it.

Son held it.

Grandson lost it."

Really, do I need to say anything more.

"So I decided there is nothing better than to

enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction

in work.  Then I realize that these pleasures

are from the hand of God."

 (Ecclesiastes 2:24 NLT)

More observations on my part.

I personally do not believe in "retirement".

It will cause an early demise if nothing else.

But mankind was not made to retire.

I know, I am retired.  I worked until I was 75

years old and only retired then because the 

company I worked for shutdown.  That was

many years ago.  And in the work I was involved

in nobody wanted an old man.

So, I volunteer and stay busy all I can depending

on my health at the time.

However, many years ago I noticed that most 

retired people are "BORED".  So they are always

looking for something to do.

My best friend retired the earliest he possibly could.

You guessed it.  He comes over to visit and see if 

there is something he can do.

There is a satisfaction in doing things.  The satisfaction

for accomplishing something can be ever bit as 

satisfying, or more, as wining some kind of game or 

other that actually accomplishes nothing.