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Again, lots of good thoughts and messages but I have to once again disagree with the author.
7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. |
Having lost a good friend recently to cancer I, my family and friends greatly benefitted from sharing pleasant, fun memories. It was better to share in the joy of someones life then to be maudlin about his death.
This is another great piece of wisdom; 7:19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city |
Unfortunately, it's followed by this downer;
7:20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. |
9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. |
Always with the negative waves...
The author also seems to think death is final. Just a little contradiction from Jesus's upcoming messages about living happily ever after in heaven.
9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Speaking of contradictions, this author seem to vasilate between "eat, drink and be merry" and "sorrow is better then laughter." Is this another case of multiple authors being combined? |
@Bruce,
ReplyDeleteThe author also seems to think death is final. Just a little contradiction from Jesus's upcoming messages about living happily ever after in heaven
Death is final in the sense that you are not going to be coming back to live in the house you built while you were here. Your not going to come back to the job, wife, kids, town. You can't come and take those things that you acquired while you lived here on earth. And Bruce, Jesus was clear on who would be living happily ever after in heaven. ;-)
Is this another case of multiple authors being combined?
Nope, just telling it how it is. Are you always happy? or always mourning? There are things to be gained from sorrow. You have heard it before i would guess, tough time's don't last but tough people do.? In sorrow we put the situation to heart to learn from it... well i try, sometimes it takes me a few repeats to learn. :-)
Yes eat, drink and be merry, however when tough times come, don't just check out, put the matter to heart, learn from it and continue on. Don't take a permanent solution for a temporary situation. By learning the next time the signs start to appear you will have the wisdom to know what will be coming and know to change before bad things do begin to happen. And once your on the other side you will rejoice knowing what you have avoided.
I hope i made sense.