Proverb 30 - Ecclesiastes - Song of Solomon 4: Two simple instructions

- She's a hard act to follow:  The Proverbs 31 woman is amazing. One thing I noticed today is that she is not insecure or stressed or guilt-ridden, like so many women. She knows who she is, why she does what she does, and she exudes confidence and quiet self-assurance. "She senses the worth of her work" (Proverbs 31:31).
- Futility:  Eugene Peterson notes that the book of Ecclesiastes, probably written by Solomon, doesn't say much about God. Instead, the writer's task "is to expose our total incapacity to find the meaning and completion of our lives on our own." And this was from the man who was the wisest, smartest, and richest man in the world.
- Profound:  "We work to feed our appetites; meanwhile our souls go hungry" (Ecclesiastes 6:7).
- God's work compared to a pregnancy:  "Just as you'll never understand the mystery of life forming in a pregnant woman, so you'll never understand the mystery at work in all that God does" (Ecc. 11:5). Some things are not meant to be understood. God's work? That's one of them.
- Two simple instructions from the wisest man who ever lived:

1. Fear God
2. Do what he tells you

- For every woman reading this:  "You're beautiful from head to toe, my dear love, beautiful beyond compare, absolutely flawless" (Song of Solomon 4:6-7).

Elena's verse of the day:  "A very little food eaten in peace is better than twice as much earned from overwork and chasing the wind" (Eccl 4:6).