Man Talk

Today's shout-out goes to Mark DuVal and his recent battle with cancer. Mark, thanks for sharing this struggle with me, and I hope today's devotional captures the heart behind a lesson you learned. Welcome to The Daily, where we go through the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every single day. Today, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes 9:4-6: But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun. — Ecclesiastes 9:4-6 This text draws a sharp contrast between the living and the dead. The dead are cut off from everything in this world—their emotions, ambitions, and opportunities come to an end. But the living? They still have time. Solomon’s comparison is blunt. A living dog, a despised creature in ancien