Vanity of vanities, it’s all vanity! Heard this verse proclaimed yesterday and just thought it was so poignant I had to share. Think of it as a reminder that nothing in this life is forever, that nothing in this life is as important as a relationship with Jesus and what He promised us. It’s also a reminder in the current world that “nothing is new under the sun.”
Vanity of vanities, say Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity! What profit has man from all the labor which he toils at under the sun?” One generation passes and another comes, but the world forever stays. The sun rises and the sun goes down; then it presses on to the place where it rises. Blowing now toward the south, then toward the north, the wind turns again and again, resuming its rounds. All rivers go to the sea, yet never does the sea become full. To the place where they go, the rivers keep on going. All speech is labored; there is nothing man can say. The eye is not satisfied with seeing nor is the ear filled with hearing. What has been, that will be; what has been done, that will be done. Nothing is new under the sun. Even the thing of which we say, “See, this is new!” has already existed in the ages that preceded us. There is no remembrance of the men of old, nor of those to come will there be any remembrance among those who come after them. Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 NAB.
God Bless you!
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