Our backyard is lined with woods. It is amazing to watch the change these woods go through each season.
Right now, they have fully thickened as spring unfolded all which grows. They are dense and green, and hardly a neighbor’s house can be seen.
Sitting one morning, I recalled a verse read the previous day:
“Better what the eye sees than the roving of the appetite.” (Ecclesiastes 6:9, NIV)
The verse has stuck with me for a few days. We can so clamor for more – more position, more prestige, more money, more house, more car.
Our souls are truly never satisfied, and the reason is right in that verse – our eyes are on the wrong things.
Turning to read the same verse in other translations brings further insight:
- “What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires.” (NASB)
- “Better is the sight of the eyes [the enjoyment of what is available to one] than the cravings of wandering desire.” (AMPC)
- “Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite.” (ESV)
What do these translations teach and warn us to do?
I hope you will join me at Woman to Woman Ministries HERE as we delve further our desire for more.
Photo taken by Joanne Viola
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“Fix my eyes on thee, Lord Jesus,
Clear my vision of all else beside.
Fix my heart on things eternal
That in me thou might be glorified.”
Your post reminded me of this little song from my teen years, and I realize that my eyes follow my heart—and vice versa.