With Jack Bailey
Scripture If an iron axhead is blunt and a workman does not sharpen its edge, he must exert a great deal of effort. ~Ecclesiastes 10:10, NET Quote Workaholics are not hero’s who save the day…generally, they are dull people who spend the day doing something the hard way. ~Ya’akov My daddy was a hard worker…
Scripture Young people, it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do. ~Ecclesiastes 11:9, NLT Quote Today is the oldest you’ve ever been and the youngest you’ll ever be again…
Scripture Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless—like chasing the wind. ~Ecclesiastes 6:8 Quote “I’ve never met a rich man who was happy, but I have only very occasionally met a poor man who did not want to become a rich man. ~Malcolm Muggeridge…
Scripture Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness! ~Ecclesiastes 5:10, NLT Quote We can love money without having it just as we can have money without loving it. ~J. C. Ryle A comedian once said, “Money can’t buy love but it can buy stuff and…
Scripture Here is someone who lives alone. He has no son, no brother, yet he is always working, never satisfied with the wealth he has. For whom is he working so hard and denying himself any pleasure? This is useless, too – and a miserable way to live. ~Ecclesiastes 4:8, GNT Quote In a world…
Scripture The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief. To increase knowledge only increases sorrow. ~Ecclesiastes 1:18 NLT Quote Ignorance can be bliss! ~Ya’akov Thomas Gray, in one of his poem stated, “Ignorance is bliss and wisdom is folly.” I altered it somewhat, ignorance is not always bliss and wisdom is not always folly but…
Scripture “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” ~Ecclesiastes 1:2, NIV Quote Hedonism–the gloomy philosophy which says that pleasure is the only good. ~C.S. Lewis Who wrote the book of Ecclesiastes? Verse one says, “The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.” To my knowledge, David had only…