Dr. Danny Carroll preached at City Presbyterian Church (Denver) today. He teaches Old Testament at Denver Seminary, and I'm always glad to hear his expositions of Scripture. Today he preached from Ecclesiastes 1:12-14 and 3:1-15.
Along the way he made the point that the meaninglessness that so harshly oppresses the author is in fact part of the meaning of life. That is, since God "has also set eternity in the human heart" (3:11), no non-eternal pursuit can fill that spot. Only God himself can fill it. Thus this ache at our inability to satisfy that hunger is itself a window on what our lives mean and where we are headed.
I wonder how well the maxim, "The journey is the destination," fits that perspective.
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“Why a Death?” A Meditation for Good Friday, 2011
(Sorry for being so late in posting this.)
Some people think that re-reading a novel is pointless, since you already know the ending. But some novels are so well written that part of the joy and profit in reading them is to watch the story go by again, to get to know the characters better, to relish the insights the author has in what it means to be human.
We revisit Good Friday each year for similar reasons. We know that Easter is coming, but want and need to see the day of crucifixion again, to understand it better, and to be shaped by it. We mustn’t undercut the seriousness or darkness of the day. But neither can we understand the day if we try to see it apart from the resurrection.
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