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Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice. Ecclesiastes 4:13 Occasionally, while driving in town near dusk, I fail to turn on my headlights as it gets dark. Because there is enough ambient streetlight, I don’t notice this until some approaching car flashes…
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Two are better than one . . . For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 I go to a gym where I have a group of guys who continually spur me on to…
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I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked . . . Ecclesiastes 3:17 I clearly remember the first time I engaged in evil behavior to acquire pills. Because it was an appalling line I’d not previously crossed, I was immediately terrified that I’d be caught. Then . . . nothing. I…
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He has put eternity into man’s heart . . . Ecclesiastes 3:11 I don’t think it takes much imagination to know what’s going through my dog’s mind most of the time. Is this food? I’ll chew on it. Oh, this smells like death. I’ll rub myself in it before I eat it. I like you. I’m…
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For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven . . . a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance . . . Ecclesiastes 3:1-4 My family enjoys superhero movies, so, a while back, we watched the next film in a…
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There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God, for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment? Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 A patient recently thanked me, telling me that he read my blog.…
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Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure . . . and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind . . . Ecclesiastes 2:10-11 I can clearly recall the thoughts of my last relapse. Having worked a long run of nights, the insomnia caught up…
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She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy. Proverbs 31:20 When I got out of chemical dependency treatment, I began going to the local jail and sober housing facility for two reasons. First, I truly believed God wanted me to share his love with others, and second, I needed…
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This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, “I have done no wrong.” Proverbs 30:20 In every struggle I’ve had with my destructive appetites, there has always been a point where I knew I didn’t need help from God or man. I’ve got this under control. I can quit…
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A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back. Proverbs 29:11 (NKJV) When I do whatever I want, I end up in jail. I heard it again this week, at jail Bible study. I may not have spent time incarcerated, but I know the feeling well. When I go my way,…
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