Ecclesiastes 11

시작할 때 나의 꿈은 대단했다. 매일 무슨 일이 있어도 한 장씩은 끝내리라. 그렇게 하면 그 어렵다는 성경통독을 손가락 필사로 완성하게 되니 신앙도 좋아질 테고 영어 실력도 늘 테고 그야말로 일거양득이라고. 그러나 매일매일 무엇이 그리 바쁜지 우선순위에서 밀려 하루 이틀 빠지다 아예 까맣게 잊고 지냈다. 그렇다고 여기서 포기? 노노노! 잠시 늦었을 뿐! 늦었다고 생각하는 그때가 최고로 빠른 때. 포기는 없다. 다만 느리게 갈 뿐! 하하 그래서 난 오늘 다시 시작한다. 나의 영어성경 손가락 필사를. 파이팅!!!

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<Ecclesiastes 11>

1. Ship your grain across the sea; after many days you may receive a return.

2. Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight; you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.

3. If clouds are full of water, they pour rain on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.

4. Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.

5. As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.

6. Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.

7. Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.

8. However many years anyone may live, let them enjoy them all. But let them remember the days of darkness, for there will be many. Everything to come is meaningless.

9. You who are young, be happy while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

10. So then, banish anxiety from your heart and cast off the troubles of your body, for youth and vigor are meaningless.

reap  수확하다

banish 추방하다. 사라지게 하다. 제거하다.

cast off ..을 던져버리다. 

vigor 정력. 활기.

(사진: 꽃 뜰)