Ecclesiastes Challenge

Started by Courtney M.
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Courtney M.

I don't know how many of you have gotten Brittany Schlichter's challenge to memorize Ecclesiastes by the end of March, but I think it's a great idea. We can dig into a less known part of Scripture, and she's got it organized pretty well. Is anyone on here going to do it? We can discuss what we're learning.

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Courtney M.

Oh, it's not me! Brittany just included that number on her email. :P I am so organized in everything else, (e.g. planning my garden layout for after I get married :P), but not in Bible stuff. Matthew is not organized in hardly anything else, so it's weird that he organizes his Bible stuff this much. :P :D (Besides, I cheat and use the calculator! :)

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Courtney M.

What do ya'll think of this verse: "All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again." I think it's so neat that people in Bible times knew all this scientific stuff; even if they didn't know exactly how it happened, they could see God at work. Scientific progress is a good thing, but it has a bad side: it makes people proud of their own accomplishments instead of focusing on God.

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Courtney M.

Actually I just figured it out for myself, and it's closer to three vpd. :)
BTW, I posted something about harps on the Music forum, are you the one who told me you play harp?

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Courtney M.

Neither am I. I got behind in NM, and now I'm just trying to be consistent. I don't know how I memorized so many verses a day during BB! Well, I guess for one thing, I didn't have school on my plate. :P

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Emily H

Yeah! I'm starting to wonder the same thing as well. :P But yeah, I'm sure school has a lot to do with it though…

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Emily H

Oooh, that's a hard question. xP Maybe 1:14? I don't know. :P I like the whole first chapter so much. It's so sad but that's what you get when you focus on things on the earth…
What's your favorite verse? How far have you got?

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Courtney M.

I like the whole first chapter too, and the first part of the third. :)
I just finished chapter 3…I am way behind where I should be. :P I don't know about my favorite verse - maybe 1:15? I also like 1:5-8. :)

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Emily H

That's great you finished chapter 3!! I did 2:1-8 today. 1:5-8 is really neat! I like it a lot too. :P

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Courtney M.

Well, the important thing is that we're hiding God's Word in our hearts, right? :D I miss Bible Bee less when I'm memorizing during off season. :)

@Elanee: Great job! You're doing better than I am… :P ;)

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Emily H

Yes, exactly! :D Same here. It is just soooo great after Bible Bee's over and you're all sad and it feels so weird not to study 24/7 to work on a really long passage again. :P

Elanee, Wow, that's great! :D

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Courtney M.

I know…I can't wait for Bible Bee to start again! It's going to be weird to be a Senior this year…I'm so used to being a Junior…I was for four years, so it seems like forever. :P

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Courtney M.

Probably. :) Most of my friends except Dani and Febah are in Seniors by now, and they almost all will be this year, so, yeah. :P :)

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Emily H

Yeah, practically all my friends who aren't Seniors yet will be Seniors this year. :P And in 2012 I had like one friend in Seniors. xP

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Emily H

About what? Having all my friends in Seniors this year or about having one friend in Seniors in 2012? No, and sort of… I think I had three friends in Seniors in 2012 to be exact. xP

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Emily H

Are you going to try to finish Ecclesiastes before locals? Or are you just going to go as far as it works out? (that's what I'm going to do :P)

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Courtney M.

Are you going to try to finish Ecclesiastes before locals? Or are you just going to go as far as it works out? (that's what I'm going to do :P)

I'm going to try…I was going to try to finish before end of March, but I don't think that is quite going to happen. I hope I get done before Locals, though! ;-)

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Courtney M.

I was trying to do five, but that never got done, it seemed. :P I've changed my goal to the end of April, and I'm trying to do three verses a day. How many are you doing per day?

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Emily H

Lol, yeah :P Oh, I don't know what my line is. :P Haha, maybe. xP There's other people who use it all the time too though. xP How much of Ecclesiastes did you have memorized before you started trying to memorize the whole book? I had 12 or 13 verses more or less memorized.

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