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June 10
Wednesday


LAND OF
ETERNAL SPRING

READ:
Ecclesiastes 12:1-7
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I have been young, and
now am old; yet I have
not seen the righteous
forsaken.
__Psalm 37:25
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The former president of Columbia Bible College in South Carolina, J. Robertson McQuilkin, pointed out that God has a wise purpose in letting us grow old and weak:

"I think God has planned the strength and beauty of youth to be physical. But the strength and beauty of age is spiritual. We gradually lose the strength and beauty that is temporary so we'll be sure to concentrate on the strength and beauty which is forever. And so we'll be eager to leave the temporary, deteriorating part of us and be truly homesick for our eternal home. If we stayed young and strong and beautiful, we might never want to leave."

When we are young, happily occupied with all our relationships and activities, we may not long for our celestial Home. But as time passes, we may find ourselves without family and friends, afflicted with dim vision and hearing difficulties, no longer able to relish food, or troubled by sleeplessness.

Here's the advice I give myself: Be grateful that, as the apostle Paul wrote in 1 timothy 6:17, "God...gives us richly all things to enjoy" in life's summer and autumn. And rejoice too that with the onset of life's winter we can anticipate that we'll soon be living in the land of eternal spring.
__Vernon Grounds
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````````````````There's a land that is fairer than day,``````````````
``````````````````And by faith we can see it afar;`````````````````
``````````````````For the Father waits over the way,```````````````
````````````To prepare us a dwelling-place there. __Bennett`````````
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The promise of heaven is our eternal hope.

*************Today's Bible Reading __ Ecclesiastes 12:1-7**********

1 Remember now your
Creator in the days of your
youth, before the difficult
days come, and the years
draw near when you say,
"I have no pleasure in
them"; 2 While the sun and
the light, the moon and the
stars, are not darkened, and
the clouds do not return
after the rain; 3 in the day
when the keepers of the
house tremble, and the
strong men bow down;
when the grinders cease
because they are few, and
those that look through the
windows grow dim; 4 when
the doors are shut in the
streets, and the sound of
grinding is low; when one
rises up at the sound of a
bird, and all the daughters
of music are brought low.

5 Also they are afraid of
height, and of terrors in the
way; when the almond tree
blossoms, the grasshopper
is a burden, and desire fails.
For man goes to his eternal
home, and the mourners go
about the streets.

6 Remember your Creator
before the silver cord is
loosed, or the golden bowl
is broken, or the pitcher
shattered at the fountain, or
the wheel broken at the
well. 7 Then the dust will
return to the earth as it was,
and the spirit will return to
God who gave it.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Ecclesiastes examines the purpose of life, revealing the emptiness
of living, according to this world's values, while reminding us to
remember our Creator (12:1,6). Rightly related to Him, life truly
has meaning--a life lived by wisdom that will please our Creator
and satisfy our own hearts. For further study, consider the Discovery
Series booklet Why In The World Am I Here!__a study of the
principles found in Ecclesiastes. __Bill Crowder