I was finally able to join a small group at Jubilee. Every small group is going through the same book, Celebration of Discipline, which is focusing on learning more about spiritual disciplines. Last week, one of the other ladies in our group mentioned she was disappointed to not be doing a bible study together, which finished with us planning to add a study of Ecclesiastes. One chapter every week, with 4 different ladies leading a text beaded discussion of what we were learning. I created a brief introduction to the book (ESV Study Bible condensed down a bit), but forgot to include general study ideas suggestions. I decided for myself I would follow the "Inductive Bible Study Method" that AG is using as they study Daniel, and I would apply it to Ecclesiastes. As I was going through chapter 1, I remembered "Fear and Trembling" by Kierkegaard, and noticed a similar thought process among Kierkegaard and "the Preacher". I feel like ultimately both ending similar conclusions, the striving of man hold no inherent value or worth.... both man's worth as well as the value of his actions are found in God alone.
Pray for our small group as we go through Ecclesiastes, it can be a time of great growth for the group as a whole as they learn to study in one of the more difficult books of Scripture to study, or it could overwhelm them and cause a fear of study.
I wanted to share a few pics here also. Many of these end up on my instagram, but not everyone uses that SMS.
All of these pics are from when I visited the Changgyeonggung and Changdeokgung palaces over Chuseok (which was extra long this year). The palace grounds are adjoining, so it was difficult to keep track of which images came from which palace.
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