i guess it's very tempting to want to excel at my work, and want to rise up in the status in life.
very tempting to give in to the temptations of the world, to constantly grumble about the difficulties in work (not that it's wrong to rant), to want to earn money just like everyone else (not that earning money is bad, it's good!) and chase after the luxuries of the world (not that luxuries are bad either).
but the focus has to come back to Jesus.
what good is it for man to gain the world, but to forfeit his soul?
what can be more important than your soul, which will continue to exist even after you die? and what is our short life in comparison to the eternity that follows?
and it's true, how can things in life make sense without the understanding of eternity? how can pain make sense? how can struggles make sense? how can unanswered questions make sense if we do not know a sovereign God who has not yet revealed everything to us?
and at funerals (especially when it's that of your friend), i always think to myself, how can the deaths make sense if there isn't a heaven in which I can see them again?
what can a person who's been crippled from birth hope for if there's no promise of a perfect body in the world that follows?
our struggles would be meaningless, our sacrifice redundant, if we are short sighted to see the world that lies before us, and neglect the vast expanse of eternity that follows.