A Few Good Things Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: A Few Good Things -------------------------- Date: 12/5/2000 Keywords: "drink" "eat" "pursuits" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Ecclesiastes 5:18* Then I realized that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in his toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him — for this is his lot. Question In the verse above, is the reference to "the few days of life" literal or figurative?   Practical help Most porn strugglers realize that smut surfing isn't a good and proper use of time. But what is? The verse above offers a short, but not exclusive, list: eating, drinking and working hard on a satisfying job. Add relationships with God, family and friends. Over time — whether decades or days — these few pursuits tend to make for the most — and best — memories. If you're tired of the empty feeling that comes from empty pursuits like porn viewing, consider the counsel of the verse above: Major on a few good things. They're what count "during the few days of life" God has given us. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2000 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version © Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.