Day 13
Matter-of-fact quote courtesy of my brother Daniel.
Currently my multi-tasking consists of typing this blog entry, watching the turnstiles for impending patrons, casting a worrying eye out the window toward the increasingly stormy sky, trying to answer the phone before the librarian can grab it at the other desk, answering questions about young adult fiction, and enviously (no, not really) peering over at the tech guy next to me playing with his brand-spanking new iPhone. Quite the impressive little ($500) gadget. He let me hold it. And he let me look up the weather on it. Oooh.
It’s 85 degrees. Guess I could’ve just stepped outside to find that out, huh?
Anyways, I suppose girls can multi-task. Thanks for the bit of insight, D-man.
Onward.
I’m reading through Ecclesiastes these days, which is a continual reminder of the fact that “nothing under the sun can satisfy a man made for eternity,” as Mr. Ironside wrote. Solomon went down all the world’s avenues trying to find fulfillment, but only ended up with “vanity”, with emptiness.
I find that when my focus is on the eternal, I am so filled with peace and joy in the Lord that I enjoy the things of this earth more. However, when my focus is on the things of this earth, two things happen – I end up with that sinking empty feeling and I lose the joy of the eternal.
Made for Eternity 