Today is Wednesday, July 19th, 2017; Karen's Korner #3603

Our crops this spring/summer have looked good; still do. But we need rain. Yesterday weather forecasters said there was 80% chance of rain. No rain.

Will we get some today? Or in the near future?

I have marked in the margin of my Bible near Ecclesiastes chapter 7, "harder farm economic times in 1982". And we are still here!

The underlined verse is:

"Enjoy prosperity whenever you can,

and when hard times strike,

realize that God gives one as well as the other---

so that everyone will realize that nothing is certain in this life."

~ Ecclesiastes 7:14 LAB

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Bible Commentary:  "God allows both adversity and prosperity to come to all. He blends them in our lives in such a way that we can't predict the future or count on human wisdom and power. In prosperous times, we love to give ourselves the credit. Then in adversity, we tend to blame God without thanking Him for the good that comes out of it. When life appears certain and controllable, don't let pride make you to comfortable or God may allow adversity to drive you back to Him. When life seems uncertain and uncontrollable, don't despair----God is in control and will bring good results out of tough times."

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