Ecclesiastes 12: getting older and have a focus in your life.

 In Ecclesiastes 12 we read:

1-2 Honor and enjoy your Creator while you’re still young,

Before the years take their toll and your vigor wanes,

Before your vision dims and the world blurs

And the winter years keep you close to the fire.

> It is not so difficult that one thinks like this: "I want to do my will now that I am young. When I will get closer to death I will serve the Lord". The Thinker says the opposite: "Honor and enjoy your Creator when still young." It is really difficult that an old guy serve the Lord in old days because we mold our future everyday. Habits are very difficult to change. For example: the one who is used to save money, simply, can't waste money or be generous even when there's no reason not to do it.

3-5 In old age, your body no longer serves you so well.

Muscles slacken, grip weakens, joints stiffen.

The shades are pulled down on the world.

You can’t come and go at will. Things grind to a halt.

The hum of the household fades away.

You are wakened now by bird-song.

Hikes to the mountains are a thing of the past.

Even a stroll down the road has its terrors.

Your hair turns apple-blossom white,

Adorning a fragile and impotent matchstick body.

Yes, you’re well on your way to eternal rest,

While your friends make plans for your funeral.

> I can't avoid this fall. I am 60 years old and that's what expect me despite huge progress in medicine.

6-7 Life, lovely while it lasts, is soon over.

Life as we know it, precious and beautiful, ends.

The body is put back in the same ground it came from.

The spirit returns to God, who first breathed it.

8 It’s all smoke, nothing but smoke.

The Quester says that everything’s smoke.

> It seems like a waste of life: it is beautiful, but is soon over. It is like a smoke.

The Final Word

9-10 Besides being wise himself, the Quester also taught others knowledge. He weighed, examined, and arranged many proverbs. The Quester did his best to find the right words and write the plain truth.

11 The words of the wise prod us to live well.

They’re like nails hammered home, holding life together.

They are given by God, the one Shepherd.

12-13 But regarding anything beyond this, dear friend, go easy. There’s no end to the publishing of books, and constant study wears you out so you’re no good for anything else. The last and final word is this:

Fear God.

Do what he tells you.

14 And that’s it. Eventually God will bring everything that we do out into the open and judge it according to its hidden intent, whether it’s good or evil.

> I want to read many books about religion, health, investments, etc.; however, it may be a great distraction. I have to focus on "fear God". I want to be friend of the Lord. I want to enjoy my Creator while I live.