Ecclesiastes

Everything is Meaningless

“Meaningless! Meaningless!”
    says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!    Everything is meaningless.”

What do people gain from all their labors
    at which they toil under the sun?
Generations come and generations go,
    but the earth remains forever.
The sun rises and the sun sets,
    and hurries back to where it rises.
The wind blows to the south
    and turns to the north;
round and round it goes,
    ever returning on its course.
All streams flow into the sea,
    yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
    there they return again.
All things are wearisome,
    more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,
    nor the ear its fill of hearing.
What has been will be again,
    what has been done will be done again;
    there is nothing new under the sun.
Is there anything of which one can say,
    “Look! This is something new”?
It was here already, long ago;
    it was here before our time.
No one remembers the former generations,
    and even those yet to come
will not be remembered
    by those who follow them.

What exactly does this mean?  Are you in pursuit of meaningless activity?  Something to think about.  If so, exactly what does matter?   

Proverbs 13:12

"Hope deferred makes the heart sick: but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life."

Do you know what real heartache is?  Have you ever wanted something so much that it made you physically sick?  What would we do without hope in our lives?  When we get something that we have timelessly hoped for, doesn't it make us come alive?

Bill Watterson

"There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do."

Isn't that the truth?  Our lives are so busy with work, friends, homework, networking, working out, sleeping, thinking, praying, living, breathing...  What if you were to take one deep breath and then another one?  Make each moment count but in a good way.  Don't waste time.  Not if you can help it.

Yoda says, "Live life!"  Actually I said it but Yoda's such a cutie!  I'm giving him the credit!

Pink is In!

Always

Daniel Cwiak

Plum Pudding

Ironically there is actually a poem about dim sum...  Read it!  It's quite entertaining!  Now who would a thunk?  Dim sum poetry!

Autumn Colors

Love the Colors

Yolonda Tonette Sanders

Wages of Sin

Are you looking for a book to curl up with tonight?  Then read a book by this author.  Her stories are gripping and you will not want to put the book down.  She also has her own publishing company.  Check it out!

A Rose Parade

In Autumn

Paul McGuire

The Babylon Code

What is going on in the genetic world?  There is so much testing and experimentation going on.  Are we trying to play god?  And should we?

Where are we headed?  Do we know?  Can we keep going in the way we're headed without disastrous results?

Paul McGuire is a prophecy expert and has amazing things to reveal about what we are going through in his book The Babylon Code written with Troy Anderson.

Revelations is known as a book of prophecy.  Do you believe in prophetic word?  Read this and watch The Star of Bethlehem.  This video will blow your mind.

Wild

Maybe Not So Much

Andy Stanley

Enemies of the Heart

We all have a heart, if we're human, and even if we're not human, we still have a heart.  What's in your heart?  Do you have problems with "guilt, anger, greed or jealousy?"  These are not pretty emotions however we all see these in other people as well as ourselves at some point in time.  Remember that deadly emotions can kill, especially unforgiveness.  Why is it so hard to forgive?  Because sometimes it's so hard to forget.  

Sunset Serenity

Just Kick Back!

John McLeod

I Believe In Miracles . . . 
Poet: John McLeod 

I believe in miracles . . . 
Gulls eating crickets 
At Salt Lake City 
Burning thickets 
Compassion, pity, 
Evil halted 
And its intention 
Thwarted 
By God's intervention. 

I believe in miracles . . . 
Prayers that are answered 
And healing hands 
The caring heart 
That understands 
Each day's a gift 
Of Life divine 
A precious jewel 
That's yours and mine! 
Oh, yes, 
I believe in miracles!
"Jesus said unto him, 
If thou canst believe, 
all things are possible
to him that believeth," 
Mark 9:23
I came upon this poem and thought how apt considering that miracles do happen.  Thank God they do!  Don't you think?

Helen Keller

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

Do you realize that some people achieve great odds to get to where they are now?  Doesn't it make you wonder that if they can do that while overcoming greater challenges then most of us, then what are we sitting on our butts for just twiddling our thumbs?  Go out and do something!

Sunset Views

Ahhh...