THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN

Reading Ecclesiastes 1 today, it amazed me that there really is nothing new under the sun.  The earth recycles water every day.  Streams flow into rivers, rivers into oceans, ocean water evaporates, becomes rain, fills streams, rinse and repeat.  Winds flow continuously around the earth.  Seasons change.  Generations come and go.  The sun rises and sets so beautifully each day.  (Oh, what a sistah wouldn't give to watch the sun set over the ocean right now).

But, even our trends in politics and various religions have all been seen before.  It's just the same old stuff rearing its head again.  That's why I love that saying, "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."  Because it's all happened before.  Maybe the president has a different face, but we've seen his politics before.  Maybe it's a "New Age", but it's just a bunch of old recycled ideas from various religions before.  Maybe it's a new song, but you know how often they sample old songs?  Music has been around FOREVA!

So, anyway, sometimes when I'm going through things or wondering what my future holds, I think about the fact that there is nothing new under the sun.  Even if I screw up, God isn't surprised by it.  He's not up there biting his nails trying to figure out how He's going to get me out of this one 'cause He sure didn't see this one coming.  He knows.  And He's in control of all of this going on down here.  Sometimes I forget that.  But, since we have free will, we have to let Him have control.  That's the hard part, because we actually believe that somehow we have complete control of our lives until we hand it over to Him.  Yeah, right.  Last time I checked, no one here decided when they were going to be born, how they were going to look, what color their skin was going to be, or what day they were going to die.

BUT, God is in control.  Nothing surprises Him.  He knows exactly what's going on.  You know, we've tried to pretend that we're in control and inventing new amazing things.  Like airplanes.  Um, sorry, birds have been flying LONG before airplanes were ever invented.  Or, satellites?  Nope.  Not sure if you noticed, but the moon has been circling around the Earth for quite a while now.  Nuclear fusion and fission?  Nice try.  But, the moon and stars have been doing that since waaaay before you existed on this earth.  People try to mimic God and take the credit, but we can never outdo Him.

There truly is nothing new under the sun.  And God is still in control, no matter what's going on and how bad it looks.  He's still in control.  I find comfort in that.  I hope you do, too.