Excerpts from Ecclesiastes (Or, How I'm Feeling Right Now)

 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

(Ecc 1:1-11)

Ecc 12:8  Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. 

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

(Ecc 12:13-14)

UPDATE on 9/15:  I was going to work on a post about how the righteous are scarcely saved (I Peter 4:18), and why I sometimes question the good times (because of "woe to you who are rich" from Luke 6:24), but I'm feeling so tired and emotionally worn out from the previous day.  Just a few things going on, and possibly a reminder to heed the following:

Eph 5:29  For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

Yes, this was a reference to husbands loving their wives, but Paul uses a real and practical example to illustrate his point, a point what we today would call "self-care".  So, if Paul, a man of God, does not condemn the concept of "self-care", neither should I.

Thus, I have some self-care to do, mainly mentally.  So, if I don't post often on this blog, just give me some time please.  I don't want to be rambling on incoherently, especially on biblical matters (see I Timothy 1:7).