3/29 Reading (Ecclesiastes 1-3; Matthew 10)

I’ve really struggled the past few weeks with the Bible study. I feel completely alone through this process and it is eating away at me.Ā 

Introduction to Ecclesiastes: Itā€™s interesting to read that one of the two main voices in this book is a person referred to as ā€œthe teacher.ā€ This book is still part of the wisdom literature. Overall Iā€™ve been impressed with the wisdom literature. Well, except with the majority of the psalms. Oh well. Itā€™s also interesting that itā€™s unclear who the teacher was. A fun mystery indeed.

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3/12 Reading (Proverbs 23-25; Matthew 7)

Proverbs 23: Here are the ones I like from this chapter:

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1/25 Reading (Job 1-3; 1 Timothy 4)

Job 1: Iā€™ve never read Job. In fact, whenever I hear anyone say Job I think of the movie Mission: Impossible with Tom Cruise. Job 3:14 played a big role in that film. I know, a silly story, but thatā€™s what happens.

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1/22 Reading (Esther 4-6; 1 Timothy 1)

Esther 4: Esther learns of Hamanā€™s plot to destroy all the Jews because Mordecai is dressed in mourning clothes outside the Kingā€™s gate. She initially tells him that she is safe, but he makes it clear that she needs to do something to stop this from happening. He even suggests that perhaps this is why she was chosen as queen, to stop this action.

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