I just found this verse on the inside of the door of the cupboard on my computer desk
I had completely forgotten that it was there. But I like it.
"Guard your steps when you go to the house of GOD. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before GOD. GOD is in Heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few." - Ecclesiastes 5:1-2
"Guard your steps when you go to the house of GOD. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before GOD. GOD is in Heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few." - Ecclesiastes 5:1-2
posted by melilotnfosco | 5:59 PM
18 Comments:
I'd forgotten that verse, but I like it a lot. Thank you for always reminding me of God's truths. It is truly a wonderful gift:)
that should be posted on the door of every church
it should be
i would like to write a devotional, but i don't know what on - there are so many Spiritual concepts out there
(is 'concept' the right word?)
truths
tolkien :)
and it doesn't have to be 365 days on the same idea (like all about prayer, or whatever). you could do lots of different things.
!!! chelly!!! are you back?!?!?! :D
i wouldn't # mine by days - those annoy me. i automatically don't buy something that tells me what to read each day, so i better not do it like that.
i didn't say to number them by day. i just meant you could have a bunch of thoughts in one book.
"GOD is in Heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few." - boy do i need to remember that!
"do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before GOD"
i remember sven saying (i sure remember a lot of what he said - go figure) that americans are terribly hasty when entering into prayer. since then i've really noticed how true it is. it hurts when i'm at church and the pastor says 'let's pray' and before half the heads get bowed, he starts. the worst example of this, actually, is when my family sits down at the dinner table, mother and i start talking, and my father quick interrupts us to say 'GOD bless our food. amen,' so he can start eating. how is that prayer?
lol... prayer before a meal does sometimes seem like that -- but especially when it's that quick ;)
jews pray after the meal - maybe that's a better idea
but it might be hard to be thankful if the meal was bad ;)
someone i know (but i can't remember who) has major prayer before meals. they say all the normal 'thank you for the food, bless it to our body,' and then go on to pray for the farmers and the crops, and for people who don't have food or people to share it with, and so on. i like that idea (provided the food doesn't get cold ;) ).
i should pray afterwards, because i'm always too hungry to focus on the prayer
that's not a bad idea either
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