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  • Better the Rebuke of the Wise: Eccl. 7:6
    Posted on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013 | Tagged: Ecclesiastes 7:6

    “It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools. For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool” Eccl. 7:6 I recently started a new novel. Writing on a roll, I had a dynamic opening: fire, poverty, …[ read more ]

  • Mourning: Better Than Joy: Eccl. 7: 2-4
    Posted on Thursday, December 13th, 2012 | Tagged: Ecclesiastes 7: 2, sorrow

    English: The Bible (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) When love came knocking shortly after I got saved, I worried I would make the same mistakes I made when I had married. That relationship proved damaging to who I was as a human, so I prayed that God would shut every door He needed if He did not …[ read more ]

  • Eccl. 5:18: Love Life: Sew Simple
    Posted on Thursday, December 6th, 2012 | Tagged: Uncategorized

    Fat Quarters Fabric August received (Photo credit: Follow the White Bunny )     “Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot” …[ read more ]

  • Ecclesiastes 6:7: Be Happy in What You Have
    Posted on Thursday, November 29th, 2012 | Tagged: Uncategorized

    The Lotto Powerball logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Eccl 6:7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, And yet the soul is not satisfied. Last night we had a mega-buck drawing for the lottery, and people lined up, knowing the odds, to have a chance for happiness. I, too, considered it. For two bucks …[ read more ]

  • The Sacrifice of Fools: Guard Your Tongue
    Posted on Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 | Tagged: Eccesiastes 5, holding your tongue., Sacrifice of Fools

    Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. 2 Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven …[ read more ]

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    • What to you gain by being meek?

      Carol McClain Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. (Matt. 5: 5) At one time, I considered myself meek. I think I equated my yielding, ready-to-give-in nature as meek. As of late, I've seen all the places I've been arrogant: how I knew best how to write or edit or eat or exercise. (We won't get into politics). Wishy-washy isn't meek. As a matter of fact, two of the greatest men in the Bible are the only two who to whom this trait had been given. The first was Moses. Yep. You read that right. The man who confronted… ...[ full story ]

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