Greenville Oaks Church of Christ
Ladder climbing can lead to despair or melancholy. Make sure your ladder is propped against the right wall. The abundant life isn't found over every wall.
What is a successful life?
Ecclesiastes 2:4-11 NIV
Ecclesiastes 9:11 NIV
Despair is the sadness that comes with the failure of not getting what you want.
Melancholy is the sadness that comes with the success of getting what you want.
Ecclesiastes 2:11 NIV
“People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.”
- Thomas Merton
“If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.”
- Stephen Covey
“Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at something that doesn’t really matter.”
- D. L. Moody
Do you know what is on the other side of the wall where your ladder is leaning?
John 10:10 NIV