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Joined: May 2008
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This Is a good One... (((( Smiles ))))
Good for the Limbic system when just doing so add's comfort and hope and lasting words of encouragement for a person... Who just loves the written word for thoses that finds wisdom there like I do...
How about Solomon's advice...
What To Read Solomon's Wise Advise..
" To the makeing of many books there is no end , and much devotion to them is wearisome to the flesh." { Ecclesiastes 12:12 }
In penning theses words some 3,000 years ago, wise King Solomon of Israel was not discourageing reading.. Rather , he was commenting on the need to be selective. How timely that reminder is today, as billions of pages of reading material roll off the world's printing press's annually !
It is evident that " many books " to which Solomon referred were not upbuilding or refreshing..
Therefore, he argued that devotion to them , instead of providing positive and lasting rewards , is " wearisome to the flesh ."
However, was Solomon saying their are no books that offer sound, reliable guidance that can benefit the reader ? No, for he also wrote: " The words of the wise ones are like oxgoads, and just like nails driven in are thoses indulging in collections of sentences; they have been given from one shepherd." { Ecclesiastes 12:11 }
Indeed , there are written words that " like the oxgoads " can provide positive motivation. They can spur a person on in the right way. Futhermore, " like nails driven in , " they can serve to strengthen ones resolve and have a stablizing effect.
Where can we find such wise words ? Preeminent among such, according to Solomon, are thoses that orginate with the one Shepherd , Jehovah. { Psalm 23:1 }
Therefore, one can do no better then turn to the book that is inspired by God-- the Bible.. Reading such inspired words regularly can help one to become... " fully competent, completely equipped for every good work." { 2 Timothy 3:16,17 }
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