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R.U.S.H. method recap:

R – Reality: What does this verse reveal about the way life really is?

U – Understanding Limits: What does it show we can’t control or explain?

S – Submission to Reality: What must we accept without resistance or illusion?

H – Hope: What quiet trust or assurance does it offer?

Ecclesiastes 10:1 – The Power of Small Things to Ruin Much

R – Reality: Small errors can destroy what took years to build.

• Proverbs 22:1 – Reputation highly valuable yet easily lost.
• Matthew 5:13 – Salt without savor is useless.
• 1 Corinthians 5:6 – A little corruption affects the whole.

U – Understanding Limits: Even the wise are not immune to foolish moments.

• Wisdom doesn’t prevent occasional folly.
• Internal pride and presumption pose real dangers (1 Corinthians 10:12).

S – Submission to Reality: Take care with little things and don’t presume immunity.

• Small acts matter greatly (Proverbs 28:13).
• Humility and confession are necessary responses to mistakes.

H – Hope: God restores the fallen and allows new ointment to be made.

• Mistakes don’t define entire lives.
• Psalm 37:23–24 – God upholds those who humbly move forward.