The loan, the sermon, and Ecclesiastes

The last post I wrote about the loan we just applied for, the post before that I wrote about last week's sermon.
They kind of all go together with Ecclesiastes, which I just read today.

After church on Sunday, I told Brent I just wanted to apply for the loan, because I was obsessing about it too much, and I just wanted to get it over with. Then today I read Ecclesiastes and felt even more confident that for us, we were okay going back into debt.

The theme of Ecclesiastes is that nothing really matters. Everything is meaningless chasing after the wind - except loving God and keeping His commands. The details are not as important as the big picture of living a godly life.

This part that I found very interesting -

Do not be overrighteous,
neither be overwise—
why destroy yourself?
Do not be overwicked,
and do not be a fool—
why die before your time?
It is good to grasp the one
and not let go of the other.
The man who fears God will avoid all extremes

It even says there is balance on how religious we should be - not to completely seclude yourself in a spiritual bubble.

It may not seem like it corrolates to our adoption, but in my mind it does. I have to remind myself that it doesn't matter as much how we get to A, but that God put him in our lives and he will be ours.