Lisa G Akins

highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:3 NLT

Sorrow is better than laughter, for sadness has a refining influence on us.

over 6 years ago

Lisa G Akins

read Ecclesiastes 6

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind:...

over 6 years ago

Lisa G Akins

highlighted Ecclesiastes 6:9 NLT

Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless—like chasing the wind.

over 6 years ago

Lisa G Akins

read Ecclesiastes 5

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil....

over 6 years ago

Lisa G Akins

highlighted Ecclesiastes 5:10 NLT

Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!

over 6 years ago

Don’t be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.

over 6 years ago

Lisa G Akins

read Ecclesiastes 4

Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them....

over 6 years ago