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striving after wind

Posted on 5/13/2010 at 12:27:15 PM

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I’ve always appreciated the realistic attitude that the author of Ecclesiastes has towards life and death. He doesn’t see things through rose-colored glasses and he doesn’t offer a glossy depiction of what life is like. He’s just honest–even when the truth is definitely not what you want to hear. “For in much wisdom is much [...]

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