Ecclesiastes 6
What is the Greatest Blessing from Wealth?
Ecclesiastes 6: 1 - 2
(v1) I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on men: (v2) God gives a man wealth, possessions and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires, but God does not enable him to enjoy them, and a stranger enjoys them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil.
Socrates (Plato's "Republic" BK I, 330B) asked Cephalos "What do you think, the greatest good you have gained from getting great wealth?"
Interestinig question. What do you think would be the "greatest good" from the wealth that we possess?
Ecclesiastes 6: 1 - 2
(v1) I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on men: (v2) God gives a man wealth, possessions and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires, but God does not enable him to enjoy them, and a stranger enjoys them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil.
Socrates (Plato's "Republic" BK I, 330B) asked Cephalos "What do you think, the greatest good you have gained from getting great wealth?"
Interestinig question. What do you think would be the "greatest good" from the wealth that we possess?
posted by Pastor Stan at
6:57 PM
4 Comments:
To love and to be loved. Unconditionally.
It really depends upon how one defines wealth. Once upon a time in a galaxy nor a planet not so far, far away I believed wealth was nothing more than a big house, lots of possessions, and loads of money. I've grown older, of course, and see it as the friends, skills, and love I have to share with others.
I'm not seeing anything new for any of the more recent chapters.
I was thinking about something you've said in this past week's sermon as well as a few others: many of us reach that point in our lives where we say "I wish I had spent more time with my family". I know there are countless songs & poems that touch on on this theme, but one of my favorites is by the late Harry Chapin who co-wrote it with his wife Wendy: "Cats In The Cradle". He wound dying at an early age and living the life of an absentee father.
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