No doubt, if you've been reading much of this blog, you know that I believe that the Bible is the ultimate truth and to search out it's meaning is the deeper than we can imagine.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-9 is the epitome of this truth yet depth.

"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.....what gain has the worker from his toil?"

This is an excellent verse for keeping one in check while trying to stay in-the-box.

Here is what some of what the old guys have to say about these verses:

Gregory of Nazianzus - at all times you should be engaged upon the work of your salvation, because every time is suitable for a life pleasing to God.

Basil the Great - for prayer and psalmody, however, as also, indeed, for some other duties, every hour is suitable, that, while our hands are busy at their tasks, we may praise God sometimes with our tongue; or, if not, with our heart....thus in the midst of our workbwe can fulfill the duty of prayer, giving thanks to him who has granted strength to our hands for performing our tasks and cleverness to our minds for acquiring knowledge, and for having provided the materials, both that which is in the instruments we use and that which forms the matter of the arts in which we may be engaged, praying that the work of our hands may be directed toward its goal, the good please of God.

Managing Tightly

Thanks Brandon Dady for the Good-to-Great reminder: "the moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you've made a hiring mistake."