Ecclesiastes 7-8: Contrasts.

November 19, 2015. Daily Reading: Ecclesiastes 7-8. Background: Ecclesiastes 5-6. Concepts and Connections. Chapter 7 Contrasting: In this chapter, the preacher sets forth many contrasting ideas and reveals wisdom from these juxtapositions. The first half of the chapter is dedicated to proverb-like sayings, focusing at first on the contrast between death and life, sadness and…

Lord, You are the potter, and I the clay!

December 2, 2014. “There is no one who calls upon your name,     who rouses himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us,     and have made us melt in the hand of our iniquities. But now, O Lord, you are our Father;     we are the clay, and you are our potter;     we…