We talked a lot on the podcast about escaping a life of triviality, escaping this desire to be

entertained to death. 25 or so episodes in the archive now prove all of them that this is a major theme on the

podcast Pastor John and I summarize those episodes in the APJ book on pages 291 to 307.

But here's a unique question on the topic with a little twist

and it comes to us from an anonymous young man.

Hello Pastor John, he writes,

with your emphasis on Christian Hedonism my question is about how you think of boredom.

I often find myself wondering what it is exactly and why God created the world with boredom as a main feature of daily life, at least in this age post fall.

I'm not talking about depression, but the general enwee in this life, common to all of us.

We stay busy with work and family and hobbies, not to feel it, but it's always there,

a moment of downtime and it finds us again. Such boredom in this world seems to lead to all sorts of behaviors that Christians deem sinful, drug use, overindulging in smartphones, social media, and entertainment, gaming, illicit relationships and affairs, and gossiping in idle conversation.

It has always puzzled me to God, at least in terms of his sovereignty over fallen man's daily

experience.

Has this experience a seemingly constant desire to be entertained

or otherwise escape from reality by going to concerts, movies,

playing board games, etc.

At root, what is boredom, what causes it, what does it signify, and do you

think God has a purpose in it for his children?

I really enjoyed thinking about this question.

Yeah, it's a good one.

Partly because I've never thought about it before.

Yeah.

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