“Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity” (Ecclesiastes 1:2). With those words the preacher gives a general description of our lives: vanity. Doesn’t sound too cheerful. But what does he mean when he says all of life is vanity? The usual meaning of vanity is absolute meaningless, hopelessness, everything is nothing. And while vanity can…
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Mar
23
Love & the Glory of God
It’s always sad when you don’t get to say goodbye to people you love before they pass away. It doesn’t matter whether it was outside your control; you still feel like it would have been nice to say farewell to them, to see them one last time and tell them that you loved them. My grandmother, for instance, died suddenly…