Daily Update #279

Ecclesiastes 12:1-8   1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”-2 before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain; 3 when the keepers of …

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Daily Update #278

Today’s reading: ECCLESIASTES 11:1-4 1.“Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.2. Give portions to seven, yes to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.3. If clouds are full of water, they pour rain upon the earth.   Whether a tree falls to …

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 feast is made for laughter,    wine makes …

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 a day keeps the doctor away’, …

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 on foot like slaves. 8 Whoever digs …

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 one sinner destroys much good.10 As dead …

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 is not to the swift or …

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 that God has given you under …