9 Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.
I guess the message is carpe diem. Like you said a couple times in the last few chapters, this is not what I expected. Its obvious to me I've never really read Ecclesiastes because all this talk of enjoy the ride is not a message I remember from the bible.
But it does seem like good advice to make sure to enjoy life with your wife, like it says none of us know when this ride ends. I definitely want to make the most of it.
how about you anything deeper from this one?
knut
we are on the same page with this one. I always read the chapter before I open up the Obrien blog...so, its fun when you pick out the same section as me. That happened today. I'm continually surprised by the theme here in this book. I think its good for me to hear though. I tend to carry a lot of guilt around with me that I'm not doing enough to advance the kingdom. Deep down, I know I can never do enough. But, somehow I can picture God looking down at me, and seeing me focussing on all the wrong things, and completely missing the boat. But, this book has helped me see a different side to life. Solomon is saying to "enjoy the ride"......I love that! I think there is a delicate balance that we need to strike here, but it doesn't have to be all sacrifice and depravitiy.
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funny i do the same thing, and I'm always excited to see the 1 comment when I posted first to see your take. I hope doesn't pull the bait and switch at the end of the chapter and say I was wrong don't waste time having fun! lol
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