OLD HAT

OLD HAT

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Ecclesiastes [GW] 1:5-10 The sun rises, and the sun sets, and then it rushes back to the place where it will rise again. 6 The wind blows toward the south and shifts toward the north. Round and round it blows. It blows in a full circle. 7 All streams flow into the sea, but the sea is never full. The water goes back to the place where the streams began in order to start flowing again. 8 All of these sayings are worn-out phrases. They are more than anyone can express, comprehend, or understand. 9 Whatever has happened before will happen again. Whatever has been done before will be done again. There is nothing new under the sun. 10 Can you say that anything is new? It has already been here long before us.

  This morning in reading yet another “We’re doing a new thing!” declaration from public education leaders, I remembered old times, recalled God’s wisdom, and laughed.

  After decades of pushing en masse elementary, middle, and High School students toward life-success via 4 year college degree they are pushing a new idea. The only thing new is terminology: Career Training is the same old vocational education that lost funding in favor of academics. (Shortage of USA welders alone: http://www.aws.org/pr/shortagefactsheet.pdf )

  Recalling Ecclesiastes 1:9, God’s prior eternal wisdom recorded for our education, once again I laughed at life.  EBB4

Of note: In KJV ”under the sun” is exclusively used in Ecclesiastes in 27 verses.