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Ecclesiastes chapter 2, verse 16.

For of the wise, as of the fool, there is no enduring remembrance,

seeing that in the days to come, all will have been long forgotten.

Oh, this is one of those verses in Ecclesiastes that at first can sound totally depressing.

But then when you think about it, one, it's true and two, it's actually encouraging.

So, one, it's true.

Ecclesiastes 2.16 is saying, wise people die and foolish people die.

And wise people are forgotten and foolish people are forgotten.

I mean, think about it.

Regardless of who you are, the chances are 100 years after your death,

nobody's going to know much about you anymore.

Like, what do you know about your great grandparents?

Many people don't even know their names.

And we might think, yeah, but I did this or that.

And I've walked through an exercise like this with professional athletes before,

just saying, okay, who can name this Super Bowl champion or this World Series champion

40 years ago? And many people have no idea who it is. And all the more so when you go back

another 40 years. So in the end, it's just true. We're going to be forgotten. And that's actually

encouraging. Say in what way? Well, it's encouraging because it gives you and me a proper perspective

on life, on the world, on God, on Jesus. First and foremost, yes, he is the center of it all.

Jesus is. He will never be forgotten. And so now let's go deeper as his followers, as his family.

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