Compton GageI beseech thee, O Lord, let me have understanding: For it was not my mind to be curious of the high things, but of such as pass by us daily.
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I beseech thee, O Lord, let me have understanding: For it was not my mind to be curious of the high things, but of such as pass by us daily. The quote above is an excerpt from Ecclesiastes. It's an acknowledgment of God's lack of interest in the minutia of life. It's also an acknowledgement that God intends for us to be curious about that minutia.
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