Ecclesiastes 8:12,ecclesiastes 8:13

For Reading and Meditation:     Ecclesiastes 8:9-15

This section begins with a warning for those who are in positions of authority. Those who lord it over others in an unfair way will hurt themselves more than they hurt others. It might feel good to ride roughshod over people's thoughts and feelings, but in the end the one who acts in this way is demeaned as a...

Observe here the character of those that are spoken of: " they fear God."

Observe their condition present and prospective: "it shall be well with them."

Notice the certainty of this: " surely I know."

God is love. This word embraces all his perfections. But let none suppose that he is therefore bound down to a single line of manifestation. Light is one; yet, says the prism, manifold. The sternest acts of Providence unfold, in their own particular way, the love of God. ...