Better be poor
if healthy and fit
than rich if tormented in body.
Health and
strength
are better than any gold,
a robust body than untold wealth.
No riches can outweigh bodily health,
no enjoyment surpass a cheerful heart.
Better death than a wretched life,
and everlasting rest than chronic illness.
Good things lavished on a closed mouth
are like food
offerings
put on a grave.
What use is an offering to an idol
which can neither eat nor smell?
How describe someone pursued by the Lord's
displeasure?
He looks and sighs
like a eunuch embracing a pretty girl – how
he sighs!
| Shepherds of Christ Daily Writing |
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