Author Archives: Jefferson Vann
I hate this job
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR WORK TODAY? Ecclesiastes 2:17-19 17 So I hated life, because the work which is done under the sun was intolerable to me, because everything is transient and a striving after wind. 18 I hated … Continue reading
temporary advantage
SOMETHING’S COMING THAT YOU CANNOT CONTROL Ecclesiastes 2:13-16 13 And I realized that there is an advantage in being wise over being a fool, just like there is an advantage in being in the light over being in darkness. 14 … Continue reading
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already accomplished
NOW WHAT? Ecclesiastes 2:10-12 10 And whatever my eyes wanted I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, because my heart found pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward for all my … Continue reading
all the pleasures
ARE YOU UNIQUE? Ecclesiastes 2:4-9 4 I increased projects. I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself. 5 I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees. 6 I made myself pools … Continue reading
heart test on a holiday
ENJOY, BUT REMEMBER … Ecclesiastes 2:1-3 1 I said in my heart, “Walk on now, I will evaluate you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But watch, this also was impermanent. 2 I said of laughter, “It is insane,” and of pleasure, … Continue reading
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lots of aggravation
WHAT ARE YOU WORKING SO HARD FOR? Ecclesiastes 1:16-18 16 I said in my heart, “I have become great, increasing my wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has experienced tremendous wisdom and knowledge.” 17 … Continue reading
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science is hard work
A WORD OF APPRECIATION FOR ALL SCIENTISTS Ecclesiastes 1:12-15 12 I the Collector, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I gave my heart to seek and to search out in wisdom all that is done under the … Continue reading
happened already
WHAT IS REALLY WORTH STRIVING FOR? Ecclesiastes 1:9-11 9 Whatever has happened is what will happen, and whatever has been done is what will be done, and there is not anything new under the sun. 10 Is there a thing … Continue reading
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cycles
HINTS OF FOREVER Ecclesiastes 1:5-8 5 The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to the place where it rises. 6 The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; around and around goes the … Continue reading
absolutely impermanent
WHAT DRIVES YOU? Ecclesiastes 1:1-4 1 Words from a collector, a son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 “Absolutely impermanent,” the collector says, “absolutely impermanent, everything is impermanent.” 3 What does a man get for doing all his hard work … Continue reading
