Ecclesiastes 3:9-13
What do people really get
What do people really get
for all their hard work?
I have seen the burden
God has placed on us all.
Yet God has made everything
beautiful
beautiful
for its own time.
He has planted eternity
in the human heart,
but even so,
people cannot see the whole scope
of God’s work
from beginning to end.
So I concluded
there is nothing better
there is nothing better
than to be happy
and enjoy ourselves
and enjoy ourselves
as long as we can.
And people should eat and drink
and enjoy the fruits of their labor,
for these are gifts from God.
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Penitent Petitioner
Wood Block Engraving
Cassell’s Illustrated Bible, c1870
Cassell’s Illustrated Bible, c1870
Winter 2011
