Sufficient Self's Bible Study Group

[BarredBuff]

Yeah I see what your saying, Deb. Yeah I agree we need to keep to Ecclesiastes. Sorry Guys for going off topic!!

 

[Denim Deb]

It happens to all of us.

 

[Wannabefree]

I have done extensive study in Revelation. It will start a fight between denominations before it starts a fight amongst Christians if ya'lls know what I mean..... I really think much Revelation study should have us going to PM's to keep the fuss down if we do it eventually.

Right now, I'm enjoying Ecclesiastes too This is my favorite SS thread

 

[FarmerJamie]

So where were we in Ecclesiastes?

 

[Wannabefree]

So where were we in Ecclesiastes?

Still Chapter 3 until Sunday

 

[FarmerJamie]

Okay, I want to understand the repetition of the eat/drink and taking pleasure in all your toil and what it means to you all.

 

[Wannabefree]

Okay, I want to understand the repetition of the eat/drink and taking pleasure in all your toil and what it means to you all.

The way I read it is that the work a man does to take care of his family, he should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of his labor. Knowing that while he is doing the work, and enjoying the fruit of his own labor, that it is God who has supplied him. God supplied the job, the health to the man so he can work, and the increase. All man can do is plant seeds, God gives the increase, always. It is our heritage, the gift God has given us here on earth. It is our occupation to work and enjoy our labor and to glorify God in "how" we work as well. That's what I get from it anyway

 

[miss_thenorth]

I've tried to post my thoughts on that all day, and I keep deleting, b/c my words in print don't come close to the thoughts in my mind--

Basically it boils down--for me at least--it is doesn't matter what you do in the day, as long as it is to the glory of God. You can have the most important job (in your mind) or the lowliest, but to God it doesn't matter as long as you are serving and glorifying Him in doing that job. And you need to have a thankful attitude while doing that job. It is becasue of God that you are even here on earth.

 

[miss_thenorth]

Two OT (sorta) points i want to make. i found Youngs Literal translation Bible http://www.biblepub.com/bibles/ylt/21/3 which I thought was cool, and i will probably use it alot. and I found a glossary of the symbols in Revelation. http://wordbytes.org/Bible/index.html?revelation.htm So now I am not as intimidated. I'm going to get to wrok on the starting next week.

 

[FarmerJamie]

I've tried to post my thoughts on that all day, and I keep deleting, b/c my words in print don't come close to the thoughts in my mind--

Basically it boils down--for me at least--it is doesn't matter what you do in the day, as long as it is to the glory of God. You can have the most important job (in your mind) or the lowliest, but to God it doesn't matter as long as you are serving and glorifying Him in doing that job. And you need to have a thankful attitude while doing that job. It is becasue of God that you are even here on earth.

I'm with you.

hmm, I think this may be what was eating at me. I used to think that nature of the job didn't matter, it was how it was approached like you described. I agree with Wanna, but for me, as a young man, I walked away from the rural and blue collar lifestyles in which I was raised - mostly due to my father's divorcing of my mother as I turned 21. I took a lot of teasing in my late 20s about when I was going to get a "real" job.

I like my career, but I repect the more simple labors too. I'm one of the few employees on our floor that actually know the cleaning lady's name and how many kids and grandkids she has.

Maybe I'm going through the mid-life crisis - I'm trying to figure it out.