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Daily Update #277

Today’s reading: 16 Woe to the land whose king was a servant    and whose princes feast in the morning.17 Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth    and whose princes eat at a proper time –    for strength and not for drunkenness. 18 Through laziness, the rafters sag;    because of idle hands, the house leaks.19 A...

Daily Update #276

Pause & ReflectThroughout our lives we hear phrases and sayings that guide us on the right path, that hold a sort of universal truth or meaning. I am sure we have all heard ‘The pen is mightier than the sword’, ‘a picture paints a thousand words’ or ‘an apple...

Daily Update #275

Today’s Reading: Ecclesiastes 10:5-11 5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler: 6 Fools    are put in many high positions, while the rich occupy the low ones. 7 I have seen slaves on     horseback, while princes go...

Daily Update #274

Ecclesiastes 9:17-10.4 Find wisdom Today the teacher points out the imbalance of the impact of foolishness over wisdom. The two don’t seem to cancel each other out.17 The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded    than the shouts of a ruler of fools.18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war,    but...

Daily Update #273

Pause:  “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.  Accept, Lord, the willing praise of my mouth, and teach me your laws.”  Psalm 119 : 105; 108 Reading:  Ecclesiastes 9 : 11 – 16   “I have seen something else under the sun: The race...

Daily Update #272

Today’s reading: 7 Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do. 8 Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil. 9 Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life...

Daily Update #271

In 1923, a small group of the world’s wealthiest men met at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago, Illinois at the time, these men controlled more money than the total amount contained in the United States Treasury. Of the seven men who were present at that meeting, two died...

Daily Update #270

Ecclesiastes 8:14-17 14 There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: the righteous who get what the wicked deserve, and the wicked who get what the righteous deserve. This too, I say, is meaningless. 15 So I commend the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a...

Daily Update #269

Ecclesiastes 8:10-13 Justice delayed is…At my first glance of verse 11, I was sure this reflection was to be a reminder that justice delayed is justice denied. Very much in the news at the moment with the acquitting of the sub-postmasters; Northern Island retrials and the Windrush generation. However, reading the...