“ A good name is good than valued ointment , And the day of death than the twenty-four hours of one ’s birth;Better to go to the house of mourningThan to go to the household of feasting , For that is the terminal of all men;And the living will take it to heart . grief is better than laughter , For by a distressing countenance the heart is made good . The heart of the smart is in the house of bereavement , But the heart of fools is in the firm of mirth .
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wiseThan for a man to get word the Song dynasty of fools . For like the crackling of thorns under a hatful , So is the laughter of the patsy . This also is vanity . for certain oppression destroys a fresh gentleman’s gentleman ’s reason , And a payoff vitiate the heart .
The end of a matter is better than its beginning;The patient in look is better than the proud in smell . Do not hasten in your feeling to be angry , For angriness rests in the bosom of fools . Do not say,“Why were the former days well than these?”For you do not inquire sagely concerning this .
Wisdom is good with an inheritance , And profitable to those who see the sun . For wisdom is a defense team as money is a defence , But the excellency of knowledge is that wiseness gives life to those who have it .
debate the work of God;For who can make straight what He has made crooked?In the twenty-four hour period of prosperity be joyful , But in the sidereal day of adversity deal : Surely God has charge the one as well as the other , So that man can notice out nothing that will come after him . ”
-Ecclesiastes 7:1 - 13
I read this passage this morning . We are in the midst of trying to figure out an unexpected situation , and trusting that the Lord will provide . I ’m not going to be able-bodied to post many unexampled video , if any , as we ’re suddenly very busy , but I ’ll seek to do a livestream later today .
Rachel and I and the kids are ok and respectable – we ’re just dealing with a complicated issue that we know God will break up . I was thinking about how many multitude we know are hurting and excruciation and am trying to be thankful that we are getting a probability to have ourselves test through something unexpected . I hope to keep a good name and to also think of :
The affected role in spirit is undecomposed than the proud in spirit . Do not expedite in your liveliness to be furious , For anger rests in the tit of fools .
And also :
ruefulness is better than laugh , For by a deplorable countenance the heart is made better .
I do n’t want to be too cryptic but have to be for now . I believe good matter are coming soon as God works out the threads of His loom in ways we can not understand .
If you need to pray for us , just pray that we can :
Be gracious in all things
Have a upright name
Love others with God ’s dearest
make love for sure where God wants us
Be filled with joyfulness in the hard workplace before us
Learn what God need us to hear
-DTG
