I am blessed; I have my own study. It is an area our home where I can read or use the computer in peace. But this is a STUDY!!!! If this has an adjoining master bedroom and bath, you would have to pry me out of here with crowbars!!! OK, confession time:I have really begun to love books again since I retired. Coupled with my kindle fire and my usual computer activities and I have really begun to enjoy life!!! But, too much of a good thing is just that... too much!!! The words of Solomon came back to me....
Ecclesiastes 12
12 Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
13 This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
2 Timothy 2
15 Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.
15 Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.
Then I remembered the passage from Paul's letter to Timothy and I realized there is a balance. Study, be diligent, but remember there are limits. And the key to limitation is found in the first passage (verse 13): Put God first!!! Still, I would spend more time in that beautiful study and love it!!!!