Everything is meaningless. What does one get after working for days? What is anything after death? Everything that happened will happen again; people will die, people will be born.
Knowledge is nothing. Wisdom is nothing. Pleasure is nothing. Nothing is anything. The wise, the rich, the foolish, the poor. What's the difference when they're buried, rotting beneath the dirt. Why leave a name? Why be remembered? What is anything when you're dead?
Why toil? Why work? Things will break. Things will be undone. Things will die. There's pain. What has been done will be done again. The sun rises, the sun sets. The sun rises, the sun sets. Nations rise. Nations fall. Nations rise. Nations fall. Why wake if you will sleep again?
Why do anything. What's not done by you would simply be done by someone else.
There is no point. There is no point whatsoever. There is no point whatsoever at any time.
Life is just a shadow. Life is just a second. Life is just smoke; it's here and you smell it, then it's gone before you know it.
And during the shadow, what do we do? We strive to get things done.. We strive to be someone. We strive to make a name for ourselves.
But what is a name? What is a name when you're dead? Rotting away beneath the earth.. And nothing but a name.
What is the difference of being famous--or infamous? Why does it matter? Wouldn't you rather die knowing you did the right thing?
Why do we all spend hours over hours studying? And just sit down trying to know everything there is to know.. When we will all end up dead?
Why do we all spend hours over hours fooling around and having fun? And just chase after pleasures.. When we will all end up dead?
What privileges would you obtain in the grave? What difference does knowledge or foolishness have when you are dead?
We go. We chase after things not meant to be chased. And for what gain? Our name? For pride's sake?
There is only one thing worth doing. Only one thing worth being. Only one thing worth knowing. Only doing what's of God. Only being like Christ. Only knowing God is God, and you are not.
Knowledge is nothing. Wisdom is nothing. Pleasure is nothing. Nothing is anything. The wise, the rich, the foolish, the poor. What's the difference when they're buried, rotting beneath the dirt. Why leave a name? Why be remembered? What is anything when you're dead?
Why toil? Why work? Things will break. Things will be undone. Things will die. There's pain. What has been done will be done again. The sun rises, the sun sets. The sun rises, the sun sets. Nations rise. Nations fall. Nations rise. Nations fall. Why wake if you will sleep again?
Why do anything. What's not done by you would simply be done by someone else.
There is no point. There is no point whatsoever. There is no point whatsoever at any time.
Life is just a shadow. Life is just a second. Life is just smoke; it's here and you smell it, then it's gone before you know it.
And during the shadow, what do we do? We strive to get things done.. We strive to be someone. We strive to make a name for ourselves.
But what is a name? What is a name when you're dead? Rotting away beneath the earth.. And nothing but a name.
What is the difference of being famous--or infamous? Why does it matter? Wouldn't you rather die knowing you did the right thing?
Why do we all spend hours over hours studying? And just sit down trying to know everything there is to know.. When we will all end up dead?
Why do we all spend hours over hours fooling around and having fun? And just chase after pleasures.. When we will all end up dead?
What privileges would you obtain in the grave? What difference does knowledge or foolishness have when you are dead?
We go. We chase after things not meant to be chased. And for what gain? Our name? For pride's sake?
There is only one thing worth doing. Only one thing worth being. Only one thing worth knowing. Only doing what's of God. Only being like Christ. Only knowing God is God, and you are not.
9 comments:
Ah, I see you've hijacked Serentea's blog. Your last few sentences do not provide an alternative to the "Why's", they provide the answer. Everything we do should be done to the best of our abilities, not for our glory, not for man's glory, but for the glory of God. Even if life is just a wisp of smoke, we should use every particle of that smoke to glorify our Creator and expand his kingdom. Please correct me if I'm not getting your point. And if this post isn't a song, it should be.
At least, after its been revised. Heavily.
who wrote this??? this is weird: my greader says sewhoo did...is it lying?
anyhow, nice post. i'm glad it ends encouragingly!
sehwoo that is not "sewhoo"...lol
beg pardon, oh ozed one, but my name is Serenetea. three e's.
good question, kay. You'll have to ask the author.
Yes! We must live our life to please God- because the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. - 1 John 2:17
the ozed one is right- this should be a song... or at least a poem.
umm.. serfy.. serenetea has four e's.. not three.
right-o! rather embarassing, miscounting e's in my own name. thanks sehwoo.
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