Passage of the Day - May 9, 2011

Ecclesiastes 6:8-9

 ⁸For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the living?

 ⁹What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires This too is futility and a striving after wind.

It is better to enjoy what we have than to lust over what we don’t.  A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.  Obsessing over what we don’t have is pointless.  We all fall into this trap no matter how wise or rich or poor or foolish we are.  We must guard against it.

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