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 …
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 …
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 …
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 broke, two died shortly after being …
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 person under the sun than to …
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 words of today’s passage carefully shows …
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Pause: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise. Psalm 111 : 10 Readings: Ecclesiastes 8 : 1-8 “Who is like the wise? Who knows the explanation of things? A person’s wisdom brightens their face and changes its hard appearance.Obey the …
21 Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you –22 for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others. 23 All this I tested by wisdom and I said, ‘I am determined to be wise’– but this was beyond me.24 Whatever exists is far off and most profound – who …