SATURDAY, April 4th, 2009

Ecclesiastes 10

1 Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
2 A wise man’s heart inclines him to the right, but a fool’s heart to the left.
3 Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
4 If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.
5 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler: 6 folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.
7 I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves.
8 He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.
9 He who quarries stones is hurt by them, and he who splits logs is endangered by them.
10 If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, he must use more strength, but wisdom helps one to succeed.
11 If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer.

Hey guys! I love the first verse! Dead flies ruin something that should have been good and very important... just like sin in our lives ruin all the Good that God has planned!! I am serious! All the time you hear about pastors and Godly men, who are doing INCREDIBLE things! It is horrible whenever you get the news that one of them fell into some kind of sin, when that happens it ruins all of the good stuff that they did...

Not literally, but it definitely ruins the glory that could have been given to God. Whenever you hear their name from then on, YOU NEVER think about all of the GREAT things that they did, instead you think about all of the horrible things they did!

DONT ALLOW SIN INTO YOUR LIFE!!! IT WILL DESTROY YOUR REPUTATION AND IT WILL DESTROY YOUR TESTIMONY FOR GOD!!!!!!!