Proverb This proverb can be translated in a number of ways. Literally speaking, (If I had no knowledge of the teachings of Ecclesiastes,) I will translate this using the deconstructionist method of analyzing. "Rejoice in your youth, you who are young; let your heart give you joy in your young days." Literally, this would mean that young people should enjoy life and do every pleasant thing they can do while they are still young. "Follow the promptings of your heart and the desires of your eyes." This means that whatever you feel, no matter right or wrong, to act upon it. "But this you know: for all these things God will bring you to judgment." This line means that all your actions will be seen and judged by God. When this proverb is analyzed with Ecclesiastes in mind, the theme would be a completely different method. For example, "Rejoice in your youth, you who are young; let your heart give you joy in your young days," means that the youth will desire opportunities to pursue every pleasure, which by the teaching of Ecclesiastes, would be wrong. It would be wrong for the reason that since the youth will be pursuing pleasures, they would be living a toil (toil #2 pleasures to fill the body). Ecclesiastes warns against man living toils. Since a toil is not a man's true center, the youth would be going against the greater good. "Follow the promptings of your heart and desires of your eyes. But this you must know: for all these things God will bring you judgment," also has significant meaning within the teaching of Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes tells the youth to follow their heart and eyes' desires, yet they will be watched by God. In writing this, Solomon almost condones the pleasures of sin and seems to temp the youth, but then tells them that if they take that course of sin, God will judge them.
“Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors what you do. /Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil. / Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun— all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.”
“I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth therefore enjoy pleasure and behold, this also I vanity” (E 2:3). The preacher believes that enjoying pleasure is good, but he is still fixated on its fundamental meaningless. The meaning comes from God, and he does not believe is life is meaningful, so he must believe that he is not connect to God as the source of meaning. “And how dieth the wise man? As the fool. Therefor I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit” (E 2:16). The preacher is far from content with his life, and it is because he feels it is meaningless. His belief that “all is vanity and vexation of spirit” is the source of his frustration. If the preacher believed his work was meaningful, he would not hate life. “Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me” (E 2:18). The preacher feels his work is meaningless because he will die and not gain anything for all his troubles, and he is frustrated that after he dies the products of his work will go to a man that did not earn them. The preacher’s concern about his death sets him apart from Epicurus as Epicurus is not at all worried or afraid of his death. It also seems that value and meaning are not immediately given by God, but rather determined later. “For God shall bring every work into judgement, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil” (E 12:14). God is the ultimate arbiter of the value of one’s life, and God judges that value after the fact. Since the preacher believes that God has not judged the value of everything yet, he believes that everything is still meaningless, including his life. In this way, the lack of a direct connection between the preacher and God
An instructive and stirring string of verses, this passage from the Bible holds great relevance not only for the Ancient Israelites to whom it was spoken, but also acts as a herald to Christians today. This passage forms part of Moses great oration; his instructive teaching, advice and counsel narrated to the second generation of Israelites who required redirection before moving forward into what God had for them. Similarly, it is also relevant for all Christians as we remember what our faithful, loving and powerful God has done in the past, and what he requires of us to move forward.
There are profound effects of ageism that can be harmful to a patient’s overall health. Ageism can cause physicians to consistently treat older patients unequally compared to younger adults. Unequal treatment can be divided into the under-treatment of symptoms and the over-treatment of symptoms. The imbalance in how a physician would treat a geriatric patient is ageist because the older adult is not getting fair treatment in every case. Under-treatment and over-treatment are different; however, they are both equally as harmful to a patients health.
Coming to age means various things in different cultures, religions and regions in the world. As an example, in the Jewish religion coming of age happens when a boy or girl reaches the age of thirteen and has a Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah, which symbolizes reaching religious maturity. On the other hand, coming to age is not about turning a certain age or being able to bare a child, but rather coming to terms with your personal identity. Coming to terms with your personal identity does not happen over night, it entails finding yourself and accepting yourself as an individual. Moreover, in the short story, “Birthmark” and the excerpt of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the night, they depict characters that have a hard time coming to terms with themselves. In both scenarios the characters face adversities that the majority of the population do not face which makes them feel like outcasts. Additionally, both characters come-to-age by finding their personal identity through all of the tribulations that they face.
Henry, Matthew. "Proverbs 31." Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible. Vol. III. McLean, Virg.: MacDonald, 1991. 971-77. Print.
There are No Children Here; by Alex Kotlowitz is a story about two brothers and their mother, Pharaoh, Lafayette and LaJoe Rivers and them growing up in the late 1980's in the (HHH) Henry Horner Homes, a housing project in Chicago. In the story the boys try to retain their youthfulness while they see constant gang violence, death of people close to them and their brother is in jail and their dad is struggling with drug addiction.
The book of Proverbs expresses the conclusion of the will of man. Together, the books of Psalms, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes give us the understanding of the soul of man. In Psalms you have the emotional nature, which is one part of the soul function. Ecclesiastes deals with the function of the mind, the search of man reason throughout the earth, analyzing, evaluating, weighing and concluding. But in the book of Proverbs we have the appeal to the will of man and the conclusion of the will. Therefore, this book is all about the things man should decide, the choices of life. This is beautifully set before us in the introduction to the book.
Older adults reinforce this aphorism all the time when they say things such as “I'm too old for this” which further shows that one cannot know what is in store for them. When accounting for this it is easy to see how it is a big, risky bet that many take can result in a bad ending. Some of the things one might want to do right now they might not be able to do later in life as a result of health problems, kids, and other unforeseen
The daily application we can take from this passage of the Bible is the power of Godly wisdom. Without His wisdom, we will make choices that would not fully benefit us. God’s wisdom should be applied to every decision we make in our lives. God desires to be a part of every intricate detail of our lives, because He loves us so much. When we allow Him to be there for us, we will see no sorrow in it. What the Lord gives comes with no sorrow. Queen Esther, Mordecai and the Jews of Susa were made firm believers of this very true virtue as a believer of Jesus Christ. Just the Esther and her people discovered there is nothing impossible for Him to do for us. His wisdom will always prevail if we are willing to apply it to our daily lives. God is here to be our partner. He is our testimony of who we are in Him.
In reading the first line, it sounds as though the focus of life is being glad and young. This is because of how the first part of the sentence is worded. The word "shall" is more of a command than a suggestion. It says something will be done, not that something may happen. Furthermore, it's saying that you will do something. To say that someone else will do something lessens the meaning of the action. However, since you, the reader, are creating this action, you are obviously involved in the action more than if someone else was creating this action.
Every time a second passes by, you have grown older. You will never get back the time you spend doing unavailing matters, however, you will learn and strengthen from these principles. Whether you are hanging with peers or doing simple things like sleeping, you will learn and grow. In the act of flourishing, you learn how to stimulate your development of creativity, causing it to expand. As you flourish, you gain new experience, allowing you to become wise, sharing the experience with others. Like a blossoming flower, always leaving something behind. Unpleasant and unlawful acts are bound to happen as you mature, but ageing provides a way for you to conceal as well as let go. Ageing
This passage is saying that you must be careful what you do, and only practice the good things in life. There are many punishments for the evil things that a person does, a...
“I have not come to judge the world, but to teach them in humility and to save them, and to create an example for my disciples, so that they will do as I do.”
Sometimes we need to be slapped in the face before we learn what we needed to learn. In the “The Prodigal Son” from the King James Bible the younger