“THE BOOK OF BOOKS”

That three Far North authors will be at our bookshop here in town coming Saturday, was announced in our local paper last Thursday.

Today is Saturday and I went to the shop to see the authors and talk to them.

Reading and writing is what I always liked to do and I love books.

Thinking about the authors and books the verse in the Bible where it says:

“Be warned, my son, of anything in addition TO THEM. Of making MANY BOOKS there is no end, and much study wearies the body.” – Ecclesiastes 12:12

(Please read the whole chapter twelve of Ecclesiastes, or even the whole book. I love the book called Ecclesiastes.)

“MANY BOOKS” is opposed to “TO THEM”.

A. “many books”

Here the meaning is  books written by mere humans. Much study of mere human books makes the body weary and the soul does not profit at all.

B. “to them”

“To them,” are the inspired writings we are reading about in this chapter of Ecclesiastes, the whole book of Ecclesiastes, and the whole Bible. The Bible is the only sure source of “admonition”.

I love books, but the book I love most is the Bible. Why? Because the author of the Bible is the Holy Spirit.

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Source: Commentary on the Whole Bible

Jamieson

Faussett and

Brown

“At home I read everything in sight, including the labels on tinned products such as Edmonds Baking Powder (Sure to Rise) and Bycroft’s Biscuits. I also read labels on tobacco tins such as Desert Gold,” writes Ranginui Walker in his article Retirement – Not an Option.

FREEDOM

“Take the law off our backs,” I remember reading a number of years ago on a wall in Kaikohe, were we worked as missionaries (United Maori Mission – UMM) for almost twentyfive years.

“There is no freedom without a sense of responsibility,” I remember reading in a Reader’s Digest article many many years ago. It seems that there are things one never forgets, really.

Think about it: “THERE IS NO FREEDOM WITHOUT A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY.”

I also seem to read “everything in sight,” not only on paper, but also on walls and everywhere. It comes naturally with me.