I get up, eat, g o to class (sometimes), eat, g o to class, study, eat, study,
and
go
back
to
them brings lasting satisfaction.
sleep.
As w e reflect in this bi-centennial
M a y b e I'll g o to an o c c a s i o n a l
y e a r , not only on the life of our
party or some other activity. I g o to
country, but also on our o w n lives,
the same classes d a y after d a y ,
w e ask t h e s a m e q u e s t i o n s t h a t
week
after
after
man has been asking since the days
m o n t h , seeing the same p e o p l e
week,
of A d a m a n d Eve — Does life have
over a n d over a g a i n .
a n y real meaning? A n d if so, h o w
Sometimes
I do
month
r e a l w e l l in
something, but the joy only lasts for
isitfound? A b o u t 2 0 0 0 y e a r s a g o , Jesus
a little time. M a y b e King Solomon
Christ a n s w e r e d the q u e s t i o n of
was r i g h t — " A l l is v a n i t y ! "
h o w man could find real meaning
It can be f o u n d real easily — "whosoever
believeth
Him,
lasting l i f e . " Real m e a n i n g in life —
w e all
w a n t it; w e all can. Does your life have real meaning? It can —
if a n d only if y o u give
your life over to Jesus, G i v e this bi-centennial y e a r spe-
H u m a n e x p e r i e n c e s h o w s this
in life. Christ came so " t h a t man
cial meaning —
might have life, a n d have it more
Jesus.
ure, a n d w e a l t h , a n d are never sat-
abundantly."
the end
in
should not perish, but have ever-
vanity as men seek w i s d o m , pleasi s f i e d . N e i t h e r p h i l o s o p h y , pleas-
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ure, or a c o m p r o m i s e b e t w e e n
give your life to — T e r r y Bosch