Generation Now Part 1

2 "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless." 3 What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. 5 The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. 6 The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. 7 All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again. 8 All things are wearisome, more than one can say.The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing. 9 What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. 10 Is there anything of which one can say, "Look! This is something new"? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time. 11 There is no remembrance of men of old, and even those who are yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow. Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 NIV

No this is mot a bible comementary. Don't I have not gone to seminary yet. These are the words of the psalmist David. Not Michelangelo David, be the David from the bible. And he is right everything is meaningless!
If you did not know already I returned from Kenya, East Africa about a week ago. And I am I changed man.
I cannot really explain it in words but I felt like a found my purpose in Africa. I did not go there in search of purpose, purpose just found me there. Some say it takes years to discover your purpose, well it has. And I believe my purpose is to tell the world about Africa. Not the Africa that you see on the evening. That Africa we know. I am taking about the issuses that you don't hear coming from your TV while you are cooking dinner.
The Africa where Aids patients are shunned from the home churches, the Africa that my friend Alex gets kicked out of school because he does not have school fees, and the Africa that the roads are in horrible condition because tax money does not make it to the government. This was the purpose of God sending me to Africa.
Coming back to the states I have found the about verse to be true everything is meaningless! Now as I have said before, when you come back from a place like Africa everyone expects you to come back acting if you have the answer for all of the worlds promblems. Well I will say it again I don't have all of the answers, if I did I would go back to Africa in a second.
But what I have come back with is awareness. Awareness of how we should be counting our blessing everyday that we live in this country. Some of us complain everyday about how our government runs things. Well I am here to tell you that it could be worse. And it is worse other places.
So before I get off my soapbox until my next post I just have to get something off of my chest.
I was in Dallas this past weekend and I reluctantly went in a trendy hipster upscale retail outlet (in which I will not name) with my Dad. Talk about culture shock! Of course afetr living in a mud house for a month many things are. But this place was nuts. I mean it was my worse nightmare. It was like the surban night of the living dead. Countless twenty-something wanna be hipsters guys with spiked hair and paid shorts, as well fake tan short shirt wearing barbis walking around everywhere. It was a feeding freenzy. I kind wanted to yell FIRE! and see how many would run outside. I mean just looking at the prices in this place gave me a heart attack. $72 for a shirt with any alligator on it.
And I am not going to sitt here and say that I have never bought designer clothes, because I have. But after the way I witnessed how people lived in Africa, never again!
Now I not track to attack every frantically frat-boy and prettied up girl. Because I have love for everyone.
I am just trying to point out of a few things about our culture. Especially the twentysomething crowd. I mean come on, is it our goal in live to spend the most money that we can before we die! Who are we trying to impress? The oppoistie sex? Try writing a letter!
An old t-shirt comes to mind "He who has the most toys, wins." More like he who dies with the most debt loses. Maybe it is just me be our generation is all about status. We want to have it better than our parents. It that really what is important in life?
It is time that we stop thinking about ourselves and stop thinking about others.
There is not enough time for me to tell you how to get involed. But if you want to know email me and I will tell you.
But what I am saying is get involed! Find out how you can help in your community, at your school, in your world. Trust me it will change your outlook on life.
Going through life worrying how your 401K is doing is not way to live, besides you cant take it with you.
So dont let your life be meaningless! Make everyday count!