Inverse-Ecclesiastes, Chapter 7

7 His Name is higher than any other name,
      and the day of His death is our life.
Better is one moment of experiencing His presence,
      than a whole human life of earthly pleasures,
for such pleasures fleet, luck fails, riches fade,
      and all earthly life will ever end for all.
His love is better than life,
      for by His love we enter into life eternal.
That love dwells in our midst by His Spirit,
      and the heart of the wise seeks a more complete possession.
Better to hear the whisper of His voice
      than to hear the praise of men.
For as the west wind soughs the pine boughs--
      lovely, haunting—so He whispers on:
      we have heard His voice.
Surely His goodness compels us onward,
      and His joy fills our hearts.
Better are His purposes than all of our schemes and plans;
      to be poor in spirit is to inherit a Heavenly Kingdom entire.
May you be swift of spirit to run to Him,
      for life and love dwell where He dwells.
Say to yourself, “A day with Him is a day of life.”
      For it is wisdom to wed your days with His.
His wisdom, too, is part of our inheritance,
      a joyous good to those who seek the Son.
Such wisdom is like a rampart around our ways;
      its advantages innumerable; for it is a wisdom that walks around with us.
Consider the living work of Jesus:
      He can bring us through the straight and narrow--which is Himself.
 
     Whether in riches or want, be joyful with His joy, and always remember: the Lord Jesus is with you on the Way; He is intimately aware of both your circumstances and His plan within them. In His life and death we see everything we need to know. For there was a Righteous Man who died for us to impart to us His righteousness, and wicked men may now come to Him to receive His own everlasting life. We may now walk within His righteousness and perfect wisdom. What more could we ask? Let us learn to walk His Way with Him, never away. Why would we waste our lives walking any other direction? For it is life for us to take hold of Him, and to hold nothing back from Him: the one who walks with Jesus finds life in every step.
 
     Jesus gives wisdom to women and men; He is strength and joy to us.
 
     He is the only Righteous Man who has ever walked the earth: let us be His!
 
     Take to heart His words; let your heart be filled with His voice. Thus will you know the ways of the Way and be blessed in all that you do.
     All this is the promise of Jesus. He said, “I will make my home within you,” and He is always that near. That which He has done is ever near to us, right within our hearts; His Spirit within us searches it out.
     May we turn our hearts to know Him and to seek and find His ways, His wisdom, and the purpose behind His life in us; for to find out more of Him is to find the life of Heaven within: the purpose behind all things. And there is something even still more sweet: men and women who find Him find the nearest, best Friend. It is His good pleasure to run with us, to delight in us, and to make a sinner a saint is His highest joy. Look! this is what we see in the lives of the disciples during the remainder of course of their days—you can see it in the Gospels and Acts. He had chosen them out of the endless crowds of mankind; they were exactly the ones He needed for His purposes. See the way their lives went with Him, how  He worked to make them holy, and you’ll see the way His plan yet works.