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For the week of May 14, 2023

Read Luke Ecclesiastes 1:3-11 Together:

³ What do people gain from all their labors
    at which they toil under the sun?
⁴ Generations come and generations go,
    but the earth remains forever.
⁵ The sun rises and the sun sets,
    and hurries back to where it rises.
⁶ The wind blows to the south
    and turns to the north;
round and round it goes,
    ever returning on its course.
⁷ All streams flow into the sea,
    yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
    there they return again.
⁸ All things are wearisome,
    more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,
    nor the ear its fill of hearing.
⁹ What has been will be again,
    what has been done will be done again;
    there is nothing new under the sun.
¹⁰ Is there anything of which one can say,
    “Look! This is something new”?
It was here already, long ago;
    it was here before our time.
¹¹ No one remembers the former generations,
    and even those yet to come
will not be remembered
    by those who follow them.

FOLLOW UP WITH THESE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

• Discern what the text is saying:  What does Solomon think about the cyclic repetition of nature and the cycles of human experience? How does the phrase “under the sun” create a boundary for his viewpoint?

• Apply what God is saying: Where is God in life’s cycles and what do you know of his viewpoint?

• Do what God instructs: In what ways do you limit your life “under the sun”? How can you broaden your perspective?

• Support and help each other: What in your life assists you in lifting your head up to see beyond the sun?