You are a beast. I am a beast. Oh, wait, you don't believe me? Think again---whether you're a pagan or a Christian we must all admit to death we are heading. "I said in my heart with regards to the children of man, that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beast" (Ecclesiastes 3:18).
Not only are we beasts, but, we are only but beasts. That's the Bible's perception. Isn't this comforting. When the day is long, the vomit comes out your stomach, when the periods don't end, when the labido is dry, remember don't get so down, after all, we are but beasts. The fate of man and beasts is the same, as one dies, so dies the other.
In your life and good moments, good times, remember...we are but beasts. Thank you Christ Jesus that you teach me that I am but a beast; what exceptions for mankind do I then need to live up to when I am but a beast. Amen.
Showing posts with label Life and Death. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Life and Death. Show all posts
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Sunday, October 22, 2006
The day of death better than birth...
Recently a friend of mine (Chaplin Matt Temple) conducted a funeral. He made me aware that the first statement in the famous "a time to...a time to" passage in Scripture is "a time to be born, and a time to die" (Eccl 3:2).
The day of death is better than the day of birth (Eccl 7:2). Of coarse, that depends on who you are. Death comes to all. And that's why the Preacher avows, "It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind" (Eccl 7:2).
Societies are marked by feasting: from the rich American who snorts cocaine and wife-swaps, to the poor Haitian peasant who after work inebriates himself with moon-shine under the moon light blackness of a sweltering Haiti night.
"Sorrow is better than laughter" (Eccl 7:3a). "The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning" (Eccl 7:4a). Are you wise? Go to the house of mourning. That is a philosophical tension in life. Jesus promises to make our joy complete, but he would tell us to go to the house of mourning---for this is the end of all mankind.
The day of death is better than the day of birth (Eccl 7:2). Of coarse, that depends on who you are. Death comes to all. And that's why the Preacher avows, "It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind" (Eccl 7:2).
Societies are marked by feasting: from the rich American who snorts cocaine and wife-swaps, to the poor Haitian peasant who after work inebriates himself with moon-shine under the moon light blackness of a sweltering Haiti night.
"Sorrow is better than laughter" (Eccl 7:3a). "The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning" (Eccl 7:4a). Are you wise? Go to the house of mourning. That is a philosophical tension in life. Jesus promises to make our joy complete, but he would tell us to go to the house of mourning---for this is the end of all mankind.
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