I loved this one. Thanks so much. blessings,
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OADDISONGETHERS > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:47 PM > Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday July 15 > > >> Ecclesiastes 4-6 (The Message) >> >> Ecclesiastes 4 >> Slow Suicide >> 1-3 Next I turned my attention to all the outrageous violence that takes >> place on this planet-the >> tears of the victims, no one to comfort them; the iron grip of >> oppressors, >> no one to rescue the >> victims from them. So I congratulated the dead who are already dead >> instead of the living who are >> still alive. But luckier than the dead or the living is the person who >> has >> never even been, who has >> never seen the bad business that takes place on this earth. >> 4 Then I observed all the work and ambition motivated by envy. What a >> waste! Smoke. And spitting >> into the wind. >> >> 5 The fool sits back and takes it easy, >> His sloth is slow suicide. >> >> 6 One handful of peaceful repose >> Is better than two fistfuls of worried work- >> More spitting into the wind. >> >> Why Am I Working Like a Dog? >> 7-8 I turned my head and saw yet another wisp of smoke on its way to >> nothingness: a solitary >> person, completely alone-no children, no family, no friends-yet working >> obsessively late into the >> night, compulsively greedy for more and more, never bothering to ask, >> "Why >> am I working like a dog, >> never having any fun? And who cares?" More smoke. A bad business. >> >> 9-10 It's better to have a partner than go it alone. >> Share the work, share the wealth. >> And if one falls down, the other helps, >> But if there's no one to help, tough! >> >> 11 Two in a bed warm each other. >> Alone, you shiver all night. >> >> 12 By yourself you're unprotected. >> With a friend you can face the worst. >> Can you round up a third? >> A three-stranded rope isn't easily snapped. >> 13-16 A poor youngster with some wisdom is better off than an old but >> foolish king who doesn't know >> which end is up. I saw a youth just like this start with nothing and go >> from rags to riches, and I >> saw everyone rally to the rule of this young successor to the king. Even >> so, the excitement died >> quickly, the throngs of people soon lost interest. Can't you see it's >> only >> smoke? And spitting into >> the wind? >> >> Ecclesiastes 5 >> God's in Charge, Not You >> 1 Watch your step when you enter God's house. >> Enter to learn. That's far better than mindlessly offering >> a sacrifice, >> Doing more harm than good. >> >> 2 Don't shoot off your mouth, or speak before you think. >> Don't be too quick to tell God what you think he wants to hear. >> God's in charge, not you-the less you speak, the better. >> >> 3 Overwork makes for restless sleep. >> Overtalk shows you up as a fool. >> >> 4-5 When you tell God you'll do something, do it-now. >> God takes no pleasure in foolish gabble. Vow it, then do it. >> Far better not to vow in the first place than to vow and not pay up. >> >> 6 Don't let your mouth make a total sinner of you. >> When called to account, you won't get by with >> "Sorry, I didn't mean it." >> Why risk provoking God to angry retaliation? >> >> 7 But against all illusion and fantasy and empty talk >> There's always this rock foundation: Fear God! >> A Salary of Smoke >> 8-9 Don't be too upset when you see the poor kicked around, and justice >> and right violated all over >> the place. Exploitation filters down from one petty official to another. >> There's no end to it, and >> nothing can be done about it. But the good earth doesn't cheat >> anyone-even >> a bad king is honestly >> served by a field. >> >> 10 The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, >> Nor the one who loves wealth with big profits. More smoke. >> >> 11 The more loot you get, the more looters show up. >> And what fun is that-to be robbed in broad daylight? >> >> 12 Hard and honest work earns a good night's sleep, >> Whether supper is beans or steak. >> But a rich man's belly gives him insomnia. >> >> 13-17 Here's a piece of bad luck I've seen happen: >> A man hoards far more wealth than is good for him >> And then loses it all in a bad business deal. >> He fathered a child but hasn't a cent left to give him. >> He arrived naked from the womb of his mother; >> He'll leave in the same condition-with nothing. >> This is bad luck, for sure-naked he came, naked he went. >> So what was the point of working for a salary of smoke? >> All for a miserable life spent in the dark? >> Make the Most of What God Gives >> 18-20 After looking at the way things are on this earth, here's what I've >> decided is the best way >> to live: Take care of yourself, have a good time, and make the most of >> whatever job you have for as >> long as God gives you life. And that's about it. That's the human lot. >> Yes, we should make the most >> of what God gives, both the bounty and the capacity to enjoy it, >> accepting >> what's given and >> delighting in the work. It's God's gift! God deals out joy in the >> present, >> the now. It's useless to >> brood over how long we might live. >> Ecclesiastes 6 >> Things Are Bad >> 1-2 I looked long and hard at what goes on around here, and let me tell >> you, things are bad. And >> people feel it. There are people, for instance, on whom God showers >> everything-money, property, >> reputation-all they ever wanted or dreamed of. And then God doesn't let >> them enjoy it. Some stranger >> comes along and has all the fun. It's more of what I'm calling smoke. A >> bad business. >> 3-5 Say a couple have scores of children and live a long, long life but >> never enjoy themselves-even >> though they end up with a big funeral! I'd say that a stillborn baby gets >> the better deal. It gets >> its start in a mist and ends up in the dark-unnamed. It sees nothing and >> knows nothing, but is >> better off by far than anyone living. >> >> 6 Even if someone lived a thousand years-make it two thousand!-but didn't >> enjoy anything, what's >> the point? Doesn't everyone end up in the same place? >> >> 7 We work to feed our appetites; >> Meanwhile our souls go hungry. >> >> 8-9 So what advantage has a sage over a fool, or over some poor wretch >> who >> barely gets by? Just >> grab whatever you can while you can; don't assume something better might >> turn up by and by. All it >> amounts to anyway is smoke. And spitting into the wind. >> >> 10 Whatever happens, happens. Its destiny is fixed. >> You can't argue with fate. >> >> 11-12 The more words that are spoken, the more smoke there is in the air. >> And who is any better >> off? And who knows what's best for us as we live out our meager >> smoke-and-shadow lives? And who can >> tell any of us the next chapter of our lives? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning >> Skype Prayer Time. >> >> >> Contact Me At: >> Donnie Parrett >> 1956 Asa Flat Road >> Annville, Kentucky 40402 >> Home Phone: 606-364-3321 >> Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY >> Skype Name: Donnie1261 >> Email: [email protected] >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
