Today’s Word
The Random Universe
So she departed and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. Ruth 2:3 NASB Happened – How much does luck play a part in your thinking about life? How many “accidents” just…
Fixed Future
Then I said to myself, “As is the fate of the fool, it will also befall me. Why then have I been extremely wise?” So I said to myself, “This too is vanity.” Ecclesiastes 2:15 NASB Fate – Is your future already set in stone? Have the fates declared what will come to be? Does…
The “I” in the Sky
I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself.” And behold, it too was futility. Ecclesiastes 2:1 NASB I said to myself – The world is filled with people who have reached the end of their ropes. They find life pointless or worse. They manage a day at a…
Anti-Ecclesiastes
Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ; so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; Philippians 1:27 NASB Striving – Koheleth, the Teacher,…
Heart-Less
And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind. Ecclesiastes 1:16 NJPS Mind – When were you last in the Garden, standing in front of that Tree? You know, the one that promises knowledge, that tempts you to think you can…
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