Another Thursday draws to a close – how’s the week been so far in your part of the world? My life group on Thursday mornings is studying the book of Ecclesiastes, and today we worked through chapter 2, where it says this:
24 “There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God, 25 for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment?”
What comes from the hand of God? Our eating and drinking (our life sustaining acts) and our enjoyment in life’s efforts – in essence, everything that could and should matter to us comes from the hand of God. In fact, apart from God, no one can begin or sustain life. And joy? Fuhgedaboutit – He alone is the giver of meaning in life. That’s why Solomon lists off all of his life’s accomplishments and calls them “vanity, and chasing after the wind”. Without God, that’s all anything can ever be in the end – meaningless. Poignant stuff from our wise friend there. Poignant indeed.
Hope to see you this weekend – it’s all centered on the opportunity we all have to make much of God’s grace to us through obedience in the waters of baptism. Come worship God with us and hear me explain what the word teaches us about being baptized.
AND don’t forget that Sunday evening at 5:30 we are closing out this recent season of ministry with OUT OF THE BOX, which this time around takes on the form of an old fashioned church picnic (complete with bouncy houses for the kids – woohoo!) to be followed by a special outdoor baptism celebration. Grab your favorite lawn chairs, a picnic dinner (we will have some watermelon and ice pops desserts to enjoy as well), and plan to join us!
Free,
At the INFOdesk:
- Bay Life Out-of-the-Box - Sunday, May 20 | 5:30 pm on the courtyard, Bring your own food, drink and chair for a good, old-fashioned picnic and baptism service.
- Bay Life Car Show - Saturday, May 26 | 10 am - 3 pm in the parking lot
- Celebration of Graduates - May 26 & 27 | all services
- Prayer Night - Tuesday, May 29 | 7 pm in the
Student Center
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