Fr. Mike Schmitz

I could work so hard and like King David did and passed it on to his son Solomon or like Solomon did passing on to his son Rehoboam. And what happens is maybe my son will be a fool. Maybe the person who gets my stuff won't know what to do with my stuff. Maybe they won't value my stuff.

I could work so hard and like King David did and passed it on to his son Solomon or like Solomon did passing on to his son Rehoboam. And what happens is maybe my son will be a fool. Maybe the person who gets my stuff won't know what to do with my stuff. Maybe they won't value my stuff.

I could work so hard and like King David did and passed it on to his son Solomon or like Solomon did passing on to his son Rehoboam. And what happens is maybe my son will be a fool. Maybe the person who gets my stuff won't know what to do with my stuff. Maybe they won't value my stuff.

How many times have you been bequeathed something from your grandmother or grandfather in their will that was their prized China collection or their prized whatever their thing was? And you're like, oh, yeah, I guess grandma liked this thing. I guess grandpa thought this was important. And you maybe appreciated it a little bit. but nowhere near the way they appreciated it.

How many times have you been bequeathed something from your grandmother or grandfather in their will that was their prized China collection or their prized whatever their thing was? And you're like, oh, yeah, I guess grandma liked this thing. I guess grandpa thought this was important. And you maybe appreciated it a little bit. but nowhere near the way they appreciated it.

How many times have you been bequeathed something from your grandmother or grandfather in their will that was their prized China collection or their prized whatever their thing was? And you're like, oh, yeah, I guess grandma liked this thing. I guess grandpa thought this was important. And you maybe appreciated it a little bit. but nowhere near the way they appreciated it.

That is just, wow, all vanity. And so what's happening though, the ultimate thing that the preacher is highlighting is this. If you're living in this world simply for this world, it's meaningless. If you're living in this world, a life apart from God, yes, time will erase everything. Time will erase everything. But This is where Coalesce goes to. This is where the preacher goes to.

That is just, wow, all vanity. And so what's happening though, the ultimate thing that the preacher is highlighting is this. If you're living in this world simply for this world, it's meaningless. If you're living in this world, a life apart from God, yes, time will erase everything. Time will erase everything. But This is where Coalesce goes to. This is where the preacher goes to.

That is just, wow, all vanity. And so what's happening though, the ultimate thing that the preacher is highlighting is this. If you're living in this world simply for this world, it's meaningless. If you're living in this world, a life apart from God, yes, time will erase everything. Time will erase everything. But This is where Coalesce goes to. This is where the preacher goes to.

Is there more than time? You know, if you're just living for this life, you're right. Do whatever you want because none of it matters. But if there's more than this life, if there's eternity, if there's actually a purpose to this life where in some way, even if our choices in this world don't endure in this world, they will endure in eternity, then life matters.

Is there more than time? You know, if you're just living for this life, you're right. Do whatever you want because none of it matters. But if there's more than this life, if there's eternity, if there's actually a purpose to this life where in some way, even if our choices in this world don't endure in this world, they will endure in eternity, then life matters.

Is there more than time? You know, if you're just living for this life, you're right. Do whatever you want because none of it matters. But if there's more than this life, if there's eternity, if there's actually a purpose to this life where in some way, even if our choices in this world don't endure in this world, they will endure in eternity, then life matters.

We're going to be exploring this for the next four days after today. This reality that... Only, only if God exists, only if he has a purpose for our lives, only if he cares about us, only if we're made in his image and likeness, does any choice of ours matter at all. Because if all there is, is this life, then everything in this life will pass away.

We're going to be exploring this for the next four days after today. This reality that... Only, only if God exists, only if he has a purpose for our lives, only if he cares about us, only if we're made in his image and likeness, does any choice of ours matter at all. Because if all there is, is this life, then everything in this life will pass away.

We're going to be exploring this for the next four days after today. This reality that... Only, only if God exists, only if he has a purpose for our lives, only if he cares about us, only if we're made in his image and likeness, does any choice of ours matter at all. Because if all there is, is this life, then everything in this life will pass away.

If all there is, is this world, everything in this world will pass away. And that's just how life is. It's passing. But if there's more to this life than just this life, if there is the Lord God who sees all things and all things matter to him, if your life matters to him, then everything we do matters to him.

If all there is, is this world, everything in this world will pass away. And that's just how life is. It's passing. But if there's more to this life than just this life, if there is the Lord God who sees all things and all things matter to him, if your life matters to him, then everything we do matters to him.

If all there is, is this world, everything in this world will pass away. And that's just how life is. It's passing. But if there's more to this life than just this life, if there is the Lord God who sees all things and all things matter to him, if your life matters to him, then everything we do matters to him.

And so in our journey here with the preacher with Koalath in the book of Ecclesiastes, we're going to come face to face with the question of meaning or meaninglessness. And the only thing that can make this world and make this life meaningful is the reality that there's more than just this life. Okay, so here we are taking our first steps, our last steps in 1 Kings for the next couple of days.

And so in our journey here with the preacher with Koalath in the book of Ecclesiastes, we're going to come face to face with the question of meaning or meaninglessness. And the only thing that can make this world and make this life meaningful is the reality that there's more than just this life. Okay, so here we are taking our first steps, our last steps in 1 Kings for the next couple of days.