With the Christmas rush for year-end feasting and gift-buying, here's a thought on "things" from Eccl 5.
THINKING ABOUT THINGS
Do not love “things.”
“Things” won’t satisfy us.
They only make us want more (Eccl 5:10).
Do not think, “If I have more things, my problems will be solved.”
“Things” don’t give world peace (Eccl 5:11).
“Things”, in fact, rob us of rest (Eccl 5:12).
Do not place security in “things.”
Things don’t belong to us;
They rot, get stolen, they must be left behind - every bit of it - when we die (Eccl 5:15).
Success in life is not in the gathering of enough “things.”
It will never be enough.
Success is in gathering enough wisdom to be satisfied with the much or little we have (Eccl 5:18).
Reward in life is not measured by how many “things” we possess.
We will never possess "things"; they possess us.
Reward is in possessing the time, freedom and health to rejoice in the fruit of our labor with the many or few we love (Eccl 5:19-6:1).
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- In the Old Testament in the Bible, there was a man named Jacob who "wrestled with God and man." He wouldn't let God go until God answered his prayers. God admired that and renamed him Israel, "the one who fought or wrestled and prevailed". He fought with man--his inner man--and conquered his own weaknesses. He's my hero. He is what I hope God and man see me to be.
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