Saturday, July 29, 2006

Ecclesiastes 2

I love the book of Ecclesiastes, but I'm not sure why.. I think I just like following the thought pattern of the writer, cause a lot of it I can see right where the guy's coming from and can see what he's saying. Today a couple verses stuck out to me, 24-26:

There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God, for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment? For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Most of Ecclesiates is about how everything in life is so vain, but this is one of the few, but important parts where it talks about something in life that has value and worth. It's true, there's nothing more satisfying than to work, and enjoy the fruits of your labor, but that enjoyment, according to these verses, can only come to those who know and please God.

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