I didn’t realize until after I watched this video, that today marks 5 years since Johnny Cash died. David Young mentioned this video of Johnny Cash’s song Hurt to me a few days ago…a song where Johnny Cash sings about the futility of earthly fame and worldly success, and how as an old man he considers it nothing more than an “empire of of dirt”…bringing nothing but hurt and pain. I hear Ecclesiastes all through the song. Powerful!
It is wise for us to learn from the older men and women and their reflections on their lives. As younger people we can deceive ourselves by saying that somehow it will be different for us. But the only way this is truly possible, to live a life not wasted, is to live for that which is eternal. Only the life lived for the glory and renown for Jesus Christ and His mission will be a life not wasted.
Make sure you watch the whole video, and the second time is better than the first. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go (embedding this video was blocked).
