9 What does the worker gain from his toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on men. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 12 I know that there is nothing better for men than …
“There is a time for everything, andA season for every activity under heaven:A time to be born and a time to die,A time to plant and a time to uproot,A time to kill and a time to heal,A time to tear down and a time to build,A time to weep and a time to laugh,A …
Ecclesiastes 2:18-26 I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me. 19 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my toil into which I have poured my effort and skill …
“Life is a journey to be experienced, not a problem to be solved” Winnie the Pooh Today’s reading: 12 Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. What more can the king’s successor do than what has already been done?13 I saw that wisdom is better than folly, …
Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil,and this was my reward for all my toil. Ecc 2:10 One of my all time favourite films is John Boorman’s reworking of the Arthur legend, Excalibur. It is an old film now, 1981, so you’ll have to search hard …
Today’s Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 12 I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind! 14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a …
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Ecclesiastes 1:1-11Life is meaningful! Today we depart from the lectionary after more than a year and start to delve into the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes. It feels a bit like going out of the frying pan and into the fire! This oft-ignored book, nestling in the middle of the Old Testament, within the section …
Friday April 9th. Today’s Reflection is from David Poulter: Pause: Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures for ever. Let those who fear the Lord say: ‘His love endures for ever.’ Psalm 118 : 1, 4 Readings: Acts 4 : 1 – 12; Psalm 118 : 1 – 4, 22 – …