Ecclesiastes 3:12-14 (NRSV) I know that there is nothing better for them
than to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live; moreover, it is
God’s gift that all should eat and drink and take pleasure in all their toil. I know that whatever God does endures forever;
nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; God has done this, so
that all should stand in awe before him.
This scripture comes right after the well known verses from
Ecclesiastes that say that there is a season for everything. It says to me that God desires our happiness;
that the order of things is designed for us to live, work and be happy. Of course there’s a catch. This happiness
comes to those who are participating in God’s order instead of creating their
own disorder. God may ask difficult
things of us, the preceding verses say that, too. Yet I have experienced in my life that the
close I stay to what I feel is God’s perfect and wise design for my life, the
better off I am. When things start going
wrong in my life, I stop and ask if perhaps God wants me to go down a different
path. Sometimes God takes away something
we value so that God can give us something even better.
Holy God, Thanks for
the blessings of this day. Guide us to
the pathways that lead us to living the happy lives you have planned for
us. We ask in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Have a blessed day,
Paige
Paige
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