Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Can't get no satisfaction

Eccles. 1:5-8
5 The sun rises, and the sun goes down,
and hastens [1] to the place where it rises.
6 The wind blows to the south
and goes around to the north;
around and around goes the wind,
and on its circuits the wind returns.
7 All streams run to the sea,
but the sea is not full;
to the place where the streams flow,
there they flow again.
8 All things are full of weariness;
a man cannot utter it;
the eye is not satisfied with seeing,
nor the ear filled with hearing.

Footnotes
[1] 1:5 Or and returns panting
  • How many times have you said, "If I could just do/finish [fill in blank]"?
  • What are you implying about satisfaction by your statement?
  • How many times has the task been truly finished?
  • How are the internal demands for time and energy like the sun rising or the wind blowing?
  • How are the external demands for time and energy like the sun rising or the wind blowing?
  • How many times have you said, "If I could just get/have [fill in blank]"?
  • What are you implying about satisfaction by your statement?
  • How many times have you been truly satisfied with your want?
  • How much are you like the ocean?
  • What song have you liked so much you wanted to hear it almost all the time?
  • How often do you want to hear it now?
  • What recipe have you liked so much that you wanted to eat it at every meal?
  • How long did it take before you didn't want it for every meal?
  • How often do you feel weary, not tired but weary?
  • How is being weary different from being tired?
  • What is your most common cause of weariness?
  • Why are the things under the sun, the things of this world so appealing?
  • How much satisfaction do the things under the sun provide?
  • Where are you trying to find satisfaction?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

that's such a beautiful passage from eccl--have never heard or read it before, thanks as always