Let it slide.

I must admit...I love college. You meet so many people. Talking with people about such controversial subjects as religion and politics and being able to just discuss and not argue is really awesome. One thing, classes are so freaking hard!! I had a Poli Sci test yesterday that really beat me up and spit me out. But! afterwards, I was so glad it was over, I was super happy.

Today's my little brother's birthday. Everyone should celebrate. He's turning 11 and he's getting so big! He's gonna be bigger than me soon. I just want to share Ecclesiastes 3:11-12 with everyone. It has really been amazing for me these past few days, really this past week or so.

God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives. I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live.

MAN. I have talked to several people about their ideas of what happened when Earth was created and it was so interesting, but I think I have caught myself so often getting caught up in doctrine and in what happened back then and whats going to happen someday...I guess in that way, this verse brings me back to earth. My undying curiosity proves I am human, but God made it so that my curiosity will never be appeased. When I think about that, two possible conclusions come to mind...(1) Why would God make me want to know everything if he made me so I can't? Isn't that a little unfair? How do I reach my full learning potential if You, God, don't give me even a chance of knowing some things? (2) I think about how really amazing that is. Obviously, there is a reason God won't let me know some things. It's probably my human nature, wanting to defy authority. If I knew what was going to happen in my future, undoubtedly I would try to change it and possibly ruin God's plan for me. If I knew the past, how we began, what good would it do? God's given me all the lessons I need from history in the Bible and history books. I'd just know what happened and then probably incredibly closed minded about anyone else's possible ideas on creation.

Verse 12 is the best part. I find it so funny that I was shown this verse because while talking to someone who believes something totally different than me, he came up with the same conclusion Solomon did. In the end, just be happy. It doesn't really matter that much. Live life now. Let it slide. Thanks Daniel. You always make me think! :)