The Seasons of Life (reflection on Ecclesiastes)
Have you ever read a book with a new outlook, a renewed focus about it or life? This happened to me as I was reading the “strange ” book of Ecclesiastes . Although the author of the book is thought to be king Solomon. It is now Solomon as a ‘senior” we are reading. I always thought I was reading the book of an old man“tired of life”. But now I am reconsidering him. He is not so far from the truth. I better pay attention to his wisdom. What I see in this book is phenomenal. He is inviting us to evaluate our lives and to think long and hard at our time and moments. How we value it or them. Do not work so hard that you miss half of your life. He is asking us to consider the value of things and for him to have reached the end of his life and passing it on to us is a treasure of wisdom that I am truly thankful for. It is my legacy from him. In the third chapter he wants to break our time in moments and name them. ...