Day 343..."Holes in the pockets...Babbling"

Haggai is an interesting Book that gives instruction past the exile. One passage really sounds like today..."Consider your ways. You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes." Sounds like today. Never enough! The more we get... the more we want...the more we have the quicker it seems to disappear. Is this not the human condition? The more we have the more we want and the less we have of what really matters!

Paul writes about avoiding unproductive babbling..."But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, and their talk will spread like gangrene." Do you get the idea Paul had gossipers in these settings. He must have felt pretty strong to refer to the spread of gossip as gangrene. He also compares disciple preparation to army and athletic events. You know I like the athletic reference.