Ancient Wisdom for Modern Life

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Ancient Wisdom for Modern Life Ecclesiastes Wisdom About Life’s Painful Experiences

We live in a world of pain.

A good name is better than a good ointment, and the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth. (Ecclesiastes 7:1)

Painful experiences can teach us valuable life lessons that will make us better.

It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, because that is the end of every man, and the living takes it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter, for when a face is sad a heart may be happy. The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure. (Ecclesiastes 7:3-4)

It is better to listen to the rebuke of a wise man than for one to listen to the song of fools. (Ecclesiastes 7:5)

Painful experiences can make us vulnerable to attitudes that will make us bitter!

Dangers lurking! For oppression makes a wise man mad, and a bribe corrupts the heart. The end of a matter is better than its beginning; patience of spirit is better than haughtiness of spirit. Do not be eager in your heart to be angry, for anger resides in the bosom of fools. Do not say, “Why is it that the former days were better than these?” for it is not from wisdom that you ask about this. (Ecclesiastes 7:7-10)

Righteous living is always important no matter what life may bring!

Wisdom along with an inheritance is good and an advantage to those who see the sun. For wisdom is protection just as money is protection. But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors. (Ecclesiastes 7:11-12)

Consider the work of God, for who is able to straighten what He has bent? In the day of prosperity be happy, but in the day of adversity consider— God has made the one as well as the other so that man may not discover anything that will be after him. (Ecclesiastes 7:13-14)

Through this series of proverbs Solomon has shown us the uncertainty of life. He has shown us that we may experience both good and bad. But in the end, the only thing that ultimately matters is whether or not we have respected God and submitted to Him.