June 16, 2025

As a young person in my teens, I heaped up debt, which, by my standards now, was not very much, but it felt like a lot to me then. It was overwhelming, and all I did was work to pay bills. Now, I have no debt and can enjoy my life. However, though I’ve grown wiser in my old age, I’m not enjoying my life any more than I did as a young person, except that I don’t have to clock in for work. Solomon pursued the best in life and had an abundance of everything: servants, gardens, food galore, and wisdom beyond anyone who ever lived, but he considered it all vanity. Rich or poor, life is all the same. A person who is health conscious will die just like someone who is frivolous with their health. With all that said, there is a pursuit that will benefit you not only in the here and now but also in the future, and that is a relationship with Jesus. Everything else is nonsense. Those who love Jesus are given more, while those who follow their own desires lose, and all they have will be given to someone who doesn’t deserve it or never earned it. Set your heart to pursue Jesus daily, have faith that he is your provider, and watch as your life becomes peaceful because you know in your heart that He is in control. 

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also isvanity and vexation of spirit. Ecclesiastes 2:26