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Monday... So let's have a moment of fun...


Monday... I know, I know, today is Monday and it is off to work we go but this thought came up in my reading of Ecclesiastes this morning. So let's have a moment of fun.

Ecclesiastes 8:15 says, (NLT), "So I recommend having fun, because there is nothing better for people in this world than to eat, drink, and enjoy life. That way they will experience some happiness along with all the hard work God gives them under the sun."

I've heard it said that even in a hard day of working one needs to take a moment and take a break to rejuvenate. To put some happiness into their life. It doesn't need to be long but it does need to be there in your day. 

I know during this time of election and this time of pandemic there needs to be some time built into it to have some fun. This has been a difficult time but we still need to stop and experience some happiness. Each day needs it, each week needs it, each season, each year.  

Some have said that they don't have time for a vacation. But that isn't true, you need to take time. The MESSAGE paraphrase says that having a good time is "compensation for the struggle for survival these few years God gives us on earth."

This weekend had been a fun time of celebration for our family. Margaret, my wife, had a birthday and she and I went out on Friday night and had a great meal, on Saturday we talked on the phone an hour with our son Brett and his family who lives in Colorado and then last night, Sunday we had a party with our daughter, Stefanie and her family here in Las Vegas. We have had fun. And then in two weeks, we are going to celebrate Thanksgiving with all of us together. We have worked hard and we need a good time.

The MESSAGE paraphrase puts Ecclesiastes 15 this way, "So, I'm all for going ahead and having a good time-the best possible. The only earthly good men and woman can look forward to is to eat and drink well and have a good time-compensation for the struggle for survival these few years God gives us on earth."  

So just stop a moment and have a good time. It doesn't need to be long, it just needs to be a break of happiness that will help in our struggle for survival. By the way, today is our anniversary! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

  

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