Go enjoy your life Solomon cries. Find joy in all that you do, in your relationships, and in your labors. God made this life for you. Solomon again is giving us a picture that stops at the grave. IN the grave there is no joy for this body to partake in any more. Solomon tells […]
Solomon points out for ALL to see that EVERYONE dies. No matter how good or bad you are, death comes to all. And earthly rewards end here. I have a question I want to ask of Solomon. “Hasn’t anyone told you that there IS a difference when we die? That death is NOT the end.”
Solomon, try as he might never really figured out ALL that there was to know. Some things, he admits, only God knows. Do the best you can with what you do know and leave the rest to God. Solomon starts off this section of musings by saying something that I have said quite often. “Bad […]
There IS a recompense for evil. It’s not instantaneous so some think they got away with it. But time runs out for everyone. Fear God and you don’t have to fear eternity. Solomon knows that there is corruption in all levels of society, including the holy places. Corruption sneaks in through the most innocent looking […]
Solomon instructs us to follow the king’s orders while also being aware of where those orders may lead. It takes courage to stand against an evil order. Kings are humans too. They run the spectrum from righteous to vile. Power rests in their hands to direct the ways of their subjects. Their rule is law. […]
