IN THIS LIFE
Today's reading: Ecclesiastes 9-10

"This, too, I carefully explored. Even though the actions of godly and wise people are in God's hands, no one knows whether or not God will show them favor in this life." Ecclesiastes 9:1 NLT

So good, and bad, may fall both into the lives of godly folks and outright sinners.

We've all seen it happen.

We've watched, while scratching our heads, as a too-sad-to-understand story line unfolds in the life of a saint and a downfall is dropped into the life of a scoundrel.

It makes no sense.

None what so ever.

But my focus this morning is not on the fairness of it, the right or wrong of it, the ability to understand it--my eyes went directly to the last three words of this verse...

"...in this life."

When we, as His children, remind ourselves that 'this' is not all there is--we can be comforted, if even for a short, painful time as we watch the plots unfold for our lives, knowing they've been written and appointed by God.