Poetry & Wisdom
What should a child notice in Ecclesiastes 11?
Ecclesiastes 11 opens with these words: “Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.” The line to keep is Ecclesiastes 11:5: “As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.” Carry the word “know” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Ecclesiastes 11:5: “As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.” What happens first in Ecclesiastes 11?
Ecclesiastes 11:5
“As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.”
Ecclesiastes 11:3
“If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.”
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Practice Ecclesiastes 11:5
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Asyouknowwhatisthewayofthewind,norhowthebonesgrowintheofherwhoiswithchild;evensoyoudon’ttheworkofGodwhodoesall.