Back to Ecclesiastes! I'm reading "Living on the Ragged Edge" by Chuck Swindoll, and I came across an idea that I need to share with you, since we just finished reading Ecclesiastes a little while ago.
Solomon writes about how meaningless life is, but that God has set eternity in the hearts of men. Swindoll talks about how life really is boring and pointless if you don't live with God in mind. Then he goes on to say that God likely made life to be that way, to be boring to us. That's what Solomon meant by saying that God set eternity in our hearts. He made us so that we would find life here on earth boring. We have an innate curiosity about life beyond this earth, and here's the quote from Swindoll that drove it home for me: "... God made us that way [curious]. And if it gets boring enough on this earth, chances are great that we will search for God."
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