A Little Knowledge. . .

In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.--Ecclesiastes 1:18

It always amazes me that some people believe the Bible is just a weighty tome filled with fairy tales. Yet it's verses like this one that belie this belief. I know from personal experience that this verse is the gospel truth (no pun intended). Over the years, as I learn more about the world and how it works, I'm more saddened at the evil of Man. There's a perceived invincibility inherent in youth. Of course, a cold slap of reality awaits just down the road, when sickness or infirmity comes, or when loved ones die of illness, accidents, or old age. I once believed politics was a fairly straightforward process, in which one party was bad, and the other was good. Voting for the "good " party candidate was the obvious choice. With time came the unpleasant realization that it's largely a corruption-riddled machine for propping up the elite, with few "good" guys embroiled in the concoction, on either side. A numbness sets in at the thought that most people will reject God and spend eternity separated from Him and their loved ones, in self-inflicted everlasting punishment.

Without Christ, information becomes more difficult to process; knowledge works against one's happiness and security; the world seems a place filled with shadows and pools of ever-spreading darkness.

Our hope is found in Jesus, and nowhere else. What a marvelous thought that one day, all the darkness will be gone; all the shadows will flee; the Deceiver will be cast into the Lake of Fire with his angels.

Imagine a time when wisdom will not be a burden, and knowledge will not cause pain.

That time is coming!