Name: 04 One Life by TheRealCarsonator
Duration: 4 min 11 s
Description: Shiloh was a country music boy-band from Nashville circa 2004. The band members were Jason Carson, Jason Fitz, Jason Minor, Brian White, and Joe Zampelli. This release was the band's one and only full length CD and was written and produced by Kenny Rogers, Jr. for American Icon Entertainment Group. The band broke up in 2005.

Shiloh was a country music boy-band from Nashville circa 2004. The band members were Jason Carson, Jason Fitz, Jason Minor, Brian White, and Joe Zampelli. This release was the band's one and only full length CD and was written and produced by Kenny Rogers, Jr. for American Icon Entertainment Group. The band broke up in 2005. 

04 One Life

Words and Music: Misty Rae Carson and Robert Ellis Orrall

WOKE UP ONE DAY - CUT BY MISTY RAE CARSON (2014) (CARSON/ORRALL)

According to Ecclesiastes, the evolutionary chart in school fooled us into believing that history is a straight line going up and we are more advanced than those primitive people who came before us. The truth is that history is really a circle, a cul-de-sac to be more exact. One generation after another drives around that cul-de-sac worshiping their idol and trying to outdo their neighbor with more sex, more stuff, more power, more information, and more fame. As fools often do, we mistake movement for progress. With brutal honesty about this fact, Ecclesiastes feels more like a punch in the gut than a kiss on the lips. 

History’s Wisest Fool Tells Truth about Everything: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

Until the final judgment, we are encouraged to have fun, eat something good, drink something tasty, and make some memories by enjoying life. Life is filled with injustice, frustration, and work to be done. We should work for justice, but, we also need to not become so obsessed, driven, and serious that we lose sight of the goodness of God and greatness of His coming kingdom. Some people are so dour that they accomplish a lot but live very little. 

Tug of War: Ecclesiastes 8:2-17

Don’t let the mundane duties of life rob you of the joy of life. Don’t let the pain of life rob you of the joy of life. Don’t let the mystery of life rob you of the joy of life. Instead, understand that God has a bucket list for you to pursue. It would be sin to disobey his list, and the list might surprise you.

Enjoy Your Wife: Ecclesiastes 9:1-10

How motivated are you, honestly, by winning? Are you as zealous for wisdom as you are for winning?

Good News for Losers: Ecclesiastes 9:11-10:7

I grew up in the Northwest with a lot of trees and loggers. Loggers have particular tools for chopping down giant trees. The butter knife is not among those tools. Why? Not because it is sinful to log with a butter knife. No one ever went to hell because they were logging with a butter knife. Butter knife logging is not sinful, it’s just foolish. Some people are like butter knife loggers. They are doing a good thing in an unproductive way. They waste lots of time and energy only to get minimal results. How can you make your life more efficient? That is the question Solomon is driving at.

Butter Knife Logging: Ecclesiastes 10:8-11:6

Being young is like living in spring. Everything is alive and vibrant. Being old is like living in winter. Things grow dark and dim, and death is foreboding and on its way one day.

Threading Your Needle: Ecclesiastes 11:7 – 12:8

  As the old adage goes, you save the best for last.

            This is why at a concert the biggest hit is the song that closes the show and dessert is saved for the end of a meal. The same is true in Ecclesiastes. The entire book has thus far explored the meaning of our fleeting life, and now gives us the bottom line for how to keep life aligned with God’s will.

04 One Life

TheRealCarsonator

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