Inspired by Ecclesiastes 7:1-14 and left puzzled by the last 3 verses of the chapter, I think this:
While it's natural to yearn for God's future blessings, too much dreaming can blind you from the ones right before you.
The best cure for vanity is wisdom.
Anything consumable that is made in a factory or a lab derives from something natural God made. Try your hardest to only consume the natural and pure things God created.
The quickest way to die is to try and pursue another man's wife.
As time has passed, man has created new technologies. These new technologies have helped us but also created more ways for us to sin. These times are not better or worse than before. These times are just advanced.
You are the only human on this earth capable of knowing all your thoughts. Therefore, the thoughts others have about you will always be theirs and never yours.
Although some people may be confused and tormented, every human is still a child of God, no matter their appearance, beliefs, or opinions. Remember, He created us all.
The concept of "dating" is a societal norm created by man. It is not something you should practice before marriage. It is possible to "get to know" a person without "dating" a person.
A relationship formed with a weak foundation will never last no matter how many times you try and repair it, but a relationship formed with a strong foundation will always stay intact no matter how long it is weathered.
We came into this world pure, and we will spend our entire lives trying to restore to that state of pureness before God calls us home.
Life is very simple in this sense. God sent us down to this world merely for us to choose Him so we can return home to Him. Everything else is not a pursuit of the wind, but rather a search for the universe's ends.
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Knowing that a man proposes to a woman and not the other way around, I have come to this realization:
As I have to ask your Father for your hand in marriage, we (men) have to initiate that we want and need you. Yes, you have the choice to accept, but we still have to choose you first. This implies that no matter how much you mesmerize me, I still have to address you, to start the process. So, in our (human's) essence, you were created to be approached as I was created to ask you the question.
This dynamic is what the Lord intended.
My perspective on how to approach you is now seen in a new light.
I'll be headed your way soon...