What’s the point? This question came to mind as I watched my grandson’s dog fetch a ball for me again and again.
What’s the point? That‘s what the writer if Ecclesiastes asked as he thought about the monotonous cycle he observed in nature and in life – that same things happening year after year, generation after generation.
What’s the point? That is what a retired businessman was asking, in effect, when he told me he would just as soon die as live. He had seen and done just about everything. Now he had reached the place where life held for him more pain than pleasure.
What’s the point? My friend Leonard Sikkema answered this question a few years before he died. He said, “Life is a wonderful experience. It’s marvelous to see that God keeps nature going in its pattern. It’s wonderful to know that we’re here to love God above everything and to love our neighbor as ourselves. It is comforting to believe that all our sins are forgiven because of what Christ did. And it’s exciting to think about the eternity God has for us. It sure is great to be alive.”
Life can be depressing when God is left out. But how exciting it is when He is at the center! – Herbert Vander Lugt
The life that counts is linked with God
And hopes in His unfailing love;
It walks with joy where Jesus trod;
The life that counts is from above. – Anon.
When we focus on Christ, everything else becomes clear.
- December 30, 1991, Our Daily Bread
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