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e-mail address [email protected] [email protected] Messenger contact window live/msn messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger? OADDISONGETHERS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Ray" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 8:44 PM Subject: {dbilg} Re: Fw: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday July 15 > > I loved this one. Thanks so much. > > blessings, > > Seany > Twitter: http://twitter.com/Birdsongs68 > Skype: musicmaker68 > windows live messenger [email protected] Email my Verizon account only > please. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "O.Addison Gethers" <[email protected]> > To: "Deaf-blind inspirational life groups" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 5:27 AM > Subject: {dbilg} Fw: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday July 15 > > >> >> >> O. Addison Gethers >> >> e-mail address >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> >> Messenger contact >> window live/msn messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 >> skype: >> cowboys62 yahoo messenger? 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
