Life is Confusing: The first ~5-10 minutes of this recording are missing due to a technical issue. The written notes from the first portion of the lesson are included below:
Intro:
- Tonight, being journey into OT, into Ecclesiastes, part of the wisdom literature. Meant to teach us how to live well in this world.
o But this world, this life is confusing as heck.
- Your young adult years are a keypivot point in life—somewhere between the hopeful ideals of youth and quittingon dreams.
o Finding ideal spouse, enjoying satisfying work, being healthy, having good community, knowing spiritual gifts, leaving poverty cycles behind, and therefore, finallybeing happy inside.
o Instead found: singleness/marital struggles, dead end work that slowly kills you, losing your health, feeling alone, wondering if you have any purpose in life or church, still struggling to make ends meet, continuing as sad.
- My question to you: do youthink that that gets better naturally as you get older?
o Ecc. 12: NO! The dark days are ahead, no pleasure in them.
o Desire to avoid being crochety, cynical old people—but do you think they wanted tobecome that? Most do.
o Why think that is? Think of someone who is older upbeat, full of life/purpose—describe and why different?
