Today's readings are Ecclesiastes 4.1-16 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Eccl.+4.1-16 ) and John 7.32-53 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=John+7.32-53 ).
Look at the futility of Ecclesiastes 4.1-3. It is very easy to look at our world and see the hopelessness. We "do time" in this earthly life, enduring the suffering that we endure, being wronged by others, lashing out and wronging them - - the powerful gain power, the rich gain riches, the rest of us are downtrodden. It's a hard knocks life, after all. Take all you can get, give nothing back.
What advocate do we have? What hope is there for the downtrodden? What help for those who cannot help themselves? We take our eyes off ourselves, off our situation, off our hopelessness, and turn our eyes to our Lord and Savior. "Come to me!" We come, Lord. Give us this living water.
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