So....

Today was the second day of Foundations. Of course the change in discussion format was to be expected. More interesting however, was Mr. Buhler's choice of adding a Theme Question for the semester. The question being: What does it mean to live life intentionally? Several texts from Ecclesiastes was read. When thinking of this question I'm reminded of something Socrates (I think it was him) said, "The unexamined life is not worth living". Also, that many people die without ever having lived. And another quote from T.S. Eliot,

"Love itself is unmoving,
Only the cause and end of movement,
Timeless, and undesiring"

As this is a blog mainly about moving further up and further in, it would be important to ask, just why we as Christians strive to grow in Christ. In the discussion, the question of "What is worth doing in life?". Of course I know (Or at least I've been taught) that Knowing and understanding Christ Jesus and through him God the Father and the Holy Spirit is the ultimate goal in this life and the next (Phillipians 3). But Mr. Buhler (playing the Devil's Advocate) brought up the Greek myth of a man who was punished to be forever pushing a stone up a hill and watching it roll down again. Essentially, he declared all things futile, even the pursuit of the Knowledge of God. But I disagree completely with the author of Ecclesiastes for several reasons which I'll post about in the next post.