Pastor Josh continues his series through Ecclesiastes:
“So when is the day of death better than the day of birth? When is mourning better than feasting and sorrow better than laughter? When the living see that death is the end of all mankind, and lay it to heart. Psalm 90:12 asks God: ‘...teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.’ The author is not depressed or suicidal. He is not recommending that we love death more than life or dress like goths and be obsessed with funerals. He is saying that there is a certain context in which these things are better. In this limited context, “Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad”! Part of the wisdom required to enjoy the good life is to recognize the reality of death and live accordingly…Humans cannot determine what is good for them. We would never pray and ask God to give us sorrow instead of laughter. We don’t know when, by sadness, our hearts will be made glad. The wisdom taught here is not that bad things are good things, but that we can’t even know. Human wisdom, though good, has severe limitations.”
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