Ecclesiastes 12
Bible Passage: Ecclesiates 12 Over the past 11 days, we’ve read about the different vanities of life. How a life without purpose, without God is meaningless and futile. (Sure you might say it had been an emo…
Ecclesiastes 11
Bible Passage: Ecclesiastes 11 Writing about Ecclesiastes 11 reminds me of literature lessons I had in secondary school. Part of our curriculum requires us to “analyse” poetry, infer from each line and pen down our thoughts. Here…
Ecclesiastes 10
Bible Passage: Ecclesiastes 10 Let’s see what the Wisdom says in this chapter: True wisdom directs you and your way (v2) A wise man’s heart directs him while a foolish man’s doesn’t. It says “towards the right”…
Ecclesiastes 9
If you are in the midst of difficult times, feeling hopeless and seeing all your inadequacies at the moment, today’s chapter may be of some encouragement to you like it is to me. Bible Passage: Ecclesiastes 9…
Ecclesiastes 8
Bible Passage: Ecclesiastes 8 “Because for every matter there is a time and judgment.” There is a time to every matter and a judgment. A wise man knows how to discern both time and judgment and thus…
Ecclesiastes 7
Bible Passage: Ecclesiastes 7 I have seen how a good name helps in many ways, because it means the person has a good reputation and good character too, which helps in relationships, jobs, and prolongs good days.…
Ecclesiastes 6
Bible Passage: Ecclesiastes 6 There thoughts for Ecc 6 continue on a similar theme. We are made to question the vanity of having. Ecc 6:2 à The focus here is on the vanity of having so much wealth…
Ecclesiastes 5
Bible Passage: Ecclesiastes 5 It is hard to believe that time passed so quickly and we are now re-reading Ecclesiastes once again. Reading back what TreasureInEarthenVessel wrote last year on this passage (http://closerdaybyday.info/2009/11/poetry-ecclesiastes-5-6/) makes me feel that…
Ecclesiastes 4
Bible Passage: Ecclesiastes 4 As I read Ecclesiastes 4, I feel that it is describing just what I see in everyday life today. Normally I would read them in pretty distinct sections, but this time I read…
Ecclesiastes 3
‘Heavy’ is the feeling in my heart whenever I read the book of Ecclesiastes. Especially the opening words of David, ‘Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.’ makes me ask myself is life really that gloomy? But after…