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Fri 19 Mar, 2004 04:32 pm
Ecclesiastes 6
1 I have noticed that in this world a serious injustice is done.
2 God will give us wealth, honor, and property, yes, everything we want, but then will not let us enjoy it. Some stranger will enjoy it instead. It is useless, and it just isn't right.
3 We may have a hundred children and live a long time, but no matter how long we live, if we do not get our share of happiness and do not receive a decent burial, then I say that a baby born dead is better off.
4 It does that baby no good to be born; it disappears into darkness, where it is forgotten.
5 It never sees the light of day or knows what life is like, but at least it has found rest--
6 more so than the man who never enjoys life, though he may live two thousand years. After all, both of them are going to the same place.
7 We do all our work just to get something to eat, but we never have enough.
8 How are the wise better off than fools? What good does it do the poor to know how to face life?
9 It is useless; it is like chasing the wind. It is better to be satisfied with what you have than to be always wanting something else.
10 Everything that happens was already determined long ago, and we all know that you cannot argue with someone who is stronger than you.
11 The longer you argue, the more useless it is, and you are no better off.
12 How can anyone know what is best for us in this short, useless life of ours--a life that passes like a shadow? How can we know what will happen in the world after we die?
Today's English Version of the Greatest Book of Poetry, Bible
Very interesting, Jackie.
My first and only thought is free will.
By King David
Psalm 52
Why do you boast, great one, of your evil?
God's faithfulness is eternal.
2You make plans to ruin others;
your tongue is like a sharp razor.
You are always inventing lies.
3You love evil more than good
and falsehood more than truth.
4You love to hurt people with your words, you liar!
5So God will ruin you forever;
he will take hold of you and snatch you from your home;
he will remove you from the world of the living.
6Righteous people will see this and be afraid;
then they will laugh at you and say,
7"Look, here is someone who did not depend on God for safety,
but trusted instead in great wealth
and looked for security in being wicked."
8But I am like an olive tree growing in the house of God;
I trust in his constant love forever and ever.
9I will always thank you, God, for what you have done;
in the presence of your people
I will proclaim that you are good.
Pardon me for a brief change of subject. Hi, theollady. Long time no see.
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