"Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness."
Ecclesiastes 2:13
Maybe this seems obvious to us, but Ecclesiastes is kind of that sort of book. Basically the author tries everything, and concludes in the end that not much matters that is earthly, but works out that things associated with God will last, and those are what matter.
I think, despite it being well-known, that often these are things that we have to work out for ourselves, just as the author here did. Maybe we know it intellectually but have to work it out psychologically or emotionally or physically... or all of the above. We have to have some personal experience over time about what things matter and what don't, and where to focus our time and effort. God wants us to have this as a shortcut to those realizations, and plenty of other shortcuts though, so today, instead of dismissing this as obvious, let's think about the wisdom and the folly in our own lives, and make sure we aren't actively choosing the folly part. :)
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