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Thursday, May 16, 2024
I always have mixed feelings when viewing impressive structures like the Columbia Center in Seattle, pictured here. On the one hand, it seems to represent an excess of pride and wealth. At 76 stories with a height of 933 feet, it was for a while the tallest building on the west coast.
On the other hand, it is a place where people work, gather, and interact with each other. I wonder how many people on dates have gone to the observatory at 902 feet, which is higher than the Space Needle.
Maybe it isn’t for me to judge. It reminds me of these verses in one my favorite books in the Bible.
As you do not know the path of the wind,
or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb,
so you cannot understand the work of God,
the Maker of all things.
Sow your seed in the morning,
and at evening let your hands not be idle,
for you do not know which will succeed,
whether this or that,
or whether both will do equally well.
Ecclesiastes 11:5,6
It seems to be better to do something than nothing. Even so, the next chapter reminds us that God will bring every deed into judgement.
Back to the picture, I see a human factor where people work, interact, and wonder.