Passage of the Day - April 28, 2011

Ecclesiastes 4:13-16

 ¹³A poor yet wise lad is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive instruction.

 ¹⁴For he has come out of prison to become king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.

 ¹⁵I have seen all the living under the sun throng to the side of the second lad who replaces him.

 ¹⁶There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them, and even the ones who will come later will not be happy with him, for this too is vanity and striving after wind.

Fame, fortune, and power are all fleeting.  When your purpose has been served and your skills are decreasing or people develop a distaste or fatigue of you, you will be kicked to the curb.  We see it all the time with our politicians and leaders.  When you are a public figure, you are at the whim of the fickleness of the masses.  What is the point of that?

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