Well I supposed its around that time to post again. I guess I could've waited a little longer... i'll be sure to make up for it next time lol... jk, i know its been a while... I need to get back into posting... writing helps me vent since I'm a very "enclosed" person, if you will... and it helps even more to have people respond to it... So mainly i wanna talk about ecclesiastes... pretty short book in the bible, and probably one of my favorites (although i guess my favorites are kind of limited since i dont read the bible as much as i probably should) Now when you read ecclesiastes, you gotta be careful, because from first glance, it seems to be a book proclaiming life is meaningless... and i guess you could say that, for the lives we live everyday are pretty much meaningless... but this book doesnt say all of life is meaningless. This book can't really be summed up. People who read it once and don't study it get nothing from it. But this book is full of little phrases that I've noticed to be true before I ever read them in the bible. This excited me when I found the values I carry and the things I've noticed are shown in the bible itself... Example: Ecclesiastes 3:15 "15Whatever is has already been,
and what will be has been before;" Now you may need to read that in your head a couple times... it uses strange wording (but its fun to say once you know it lol) lol once you understand its meaning, theres no real way to sum it up.... can't really put it any other way. Find its meaning, and you'll know its very true. Example: Ecclesiastes 4:2-3 "2 And I declared that the dead,
who had already died,
are happier than the living,
who are still alive. 3 But better than both
is he who has not yet been,
who has not seen the evil
that is done under the sun." That's also a very cool verse. It says under the evil and oppression of the world, the dead are happier than the living, who are still alive in the middle of the evil and oppression... but better than both is the man who is alive (since life is great) and hasn't seen the evil and oppression "done under the sun".... obviously, as i tried to sum it up, this verse too speaks for itself... Example: Ecclesiastes 5:1-5 "1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. 2 Do not be quick with your mouth,
do not be hasty in your heart
to utter anything before God.
God is in heaven
and you are on earth,
so let your words be few."
I've noticed some people lately, doing things "in the name of God" when it isn't for God, but for their own advantage. Verse one seems to say actually listen to God, rather than pretend to be his fallower. Second verse: do not claim to do things in the name of God if they arent in the name of God or bring dishonor upon his name... somehow thats what i got out of that... lol If you are one to hoard riches, read chapter 5 verse 8 and on.... it talks about how riches are meaningless and lead to nothing in the end... a particular verse that stood out to me: "15 Naked a man comes from his mother's womb,
and as he comes, [he so] departs.
He takes nothing from his labor
that he can carry in his hand."
This verse basically says that when you die, you take none of your riches with you... I saw another verse around in ecclesiastes that said to work for riches is meaningless, for when you die, it all goes to someone who didnt work for it. "1 I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on men: 2 God gives a man wealth, possessions and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires, but God does not enable him to enjoy them, and a stranger enjoys them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil. " This one made me chuckle... what I got from it is when you buy a new car your happy for a little while, and then after that while it becomes just another car, and its your son who takes the car out with some friends who enjoys the car Read all of chapter seven... It's like a chapter full of cool little quotes [link] That's all for now... hopefully you guys got something out of this... talk to me and get a conversation going... I'll do more of this later. Cyal... | 
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