Eccles. 7:8-10
I am a creative being. I am energized by considering, planning, and creating a new project. While I like finishing a project and looking at the accomplishment, I don't particularly like the middle when my best laid plans start to unravel. The worst is afterwards as I start to dry up inside when I have to go into maintenance mode. I have a fairly large number of partially finished projects in my life. I have almost countless projects planned. I struggle with liking the beginning more than its end. I struggle with the patience to "get 'r dun" and, while I have a better handle on my anger than earlier in my life, it is setting under the surface. Once again, God through Solomon points his finger at me.
8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning,
and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 Be not quick in your spirit to become angry,
for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.
10 Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?”
For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 Be not quick in your spirit to become angry,
for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.
10 Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?”
For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
- Why is the end better than the beginning?
- Which do you prefer: starting new projects or finishing a project? - Which are you more inclined to have: a patient spirit or a haughty spirit?
- How prone are you to become angry and irritated?
- Would others consider you eager to get angry?
- How is the nature of your spirit related to your eagerness to become angry?
- Why is becoming easily angry or irritated a problem? How does it adorn Christ? - How much selective memory do you have when remembering "how it used to be"?
- Why might you become attached to a time or place as the "good old days"?
- Why is it unwise to ask "Why were the good old days better than today?"
- What does your appraisal of how things are reflect your appraisal of God's control?
I am a creative being. I am energized by considering, planning, and creating a new project. While I like finishing a project and looking at the accomplishment, I don't particularly like the middle when my best laid plans start to unravel. The worst is afterwards as I start to dry up inside when I have to go into maintenance mode. I have a fairly large number of partially finished projects in my life. I have almost countless projects planned. I struggle with liking the beginning more than its end. I struggle with the patience to "get 'r dun" and, while I have a better handle on my anger than earlier in my life, it is setting under the surface. Once again, God through Solomon points his finger at me.
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