Ecclesiastes 12:4-5

For Reading and Meditation:     Ecclesiastes 12:5-8

Can you handle another day focusing on the characteristics of old age? Remember the ability to face reality is one of the evidences of mental health! You don't have to dwell on the facts as they relate to old age, but you do have to face them. That is all Solomon is saying. Four more characteristics are given in...

For Reading and Meditation: Ecclesiastes 12:2-4

We are now drawn into a vivid picture of very old age. Solomon's purpose is to point out the advantages of serving God while young, and to convince us of his counsel to remember our Creator in the days of our youth. We can serve God in old age (as we have seen), but the reality is that very old age slows us down somewhat and we...