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Theo Tigno•
9/28/2006 2:27 pm
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Thursday, September 28th 2006 |
Ecclesiastes 1:2-11
Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth,
vanity of vanities! All things are vanity!
What profit has man from all the labor
which he toils at under the sun?
One generation passes and another comes,
but the world forever stays.
The sun rises and the sun goes down;
then it presses on to the place where it rises.
Blowing now toward the south, then toward the north,
the wind turns again and again, resuming its rounds.
All rivers go to the sea,
yet never does the sea become full.
To the place where they go,
the rivers keep on going.
All speech is labored;
there is nothing one can say.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing
nor is the ear satisfied with hearing.
What has been, that will be;
what has been done, that will be done.
Nothing is new under the sun.
Even the thing of which we say, "See, this is new!"
has already existed in the ages that preceded us.
There is no remembrance of the men of old;
nor of those to come will there be any remembrance
among those who come after them.
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for the safety of those affected by the California wildfires.
There are so many distractions we can worry about in our lives. Money. Work. Time.
Vanity of vanities. Fruitless.
I think of myself and how much I want to control every situation. So much so that I'm paralyzed the more I think about it. What a great way to tempt someone: paralyzation through worry.
Vanity of vanities. Fruitless.
Today, ask God for the grace to place your burdens on His shoulders so that we may be His people rejoicing and not worried with things that are "vanity of vanities." Take care and God Bless.
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