Ecclesiates 5:18

So after yet another lengthy text exchange with someone who thinks they know me, but doesn't, I got upset momentarily because my side will never be heard. Conversing in vain with a shadow lurker who is afraid of the light, I found myself facing shadows and knew immediately I needed to turn the other direction.

So I picked up the bible and I swear the book just opened itself. Right to Ecclesiastes. I have spend an awful lot of time beating myself up in my life and loved the points that Solomon makes.

As arguably one of the wisest kings of the Davidian Empire, Solomon wrote his wisdom down and it had been a while since I read it. In the first 5 chapters, he talks about how we worry about all the wrong things. Most of what we do and is done to us does not matter in the big picture, it is a pretty intense take on life. He talks about money and power being meaningless, the fear of God, and fools with big mouths (wince). He ends the chapter with this:

Even so, I have noticed one thing, at least, that is good. It is good for people to eat well, drink a good glass of wine and enjoy their work-whatever they do under the sun-for however long God lets them live. And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life-that is indeed a gift from God. People who do this rarely look with sorrow on the past, for God has given them reasons for joy.

Today lets all understand how wealthy we are. Enjoy what we are doing, and walk in the light! That my friends is GOOD NEWS!