DEAD FLIES
DEAD FLIES Ecclesiastes 10:1 As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. PEOPLE LIVING IN the Middle Eastern countries have always held perfumes and fragrance in high esteem -- whether during Biblical days or in our modern era. Its prohibitive cost had not stopped men and women, rich and poor alike, from striving to possess it. The world’s most expensive perfume today is available in Dubai, at $ 1.29 million (more than 10 crore rupees) a bottle! Wouldn't it be catastrophic if a little fly fall into one of these and turn the whole precious content of the bottle into a filthy stench ? THERE ARE A NUMBER of references to perfumes found accross the Bible: St. John narrates a curious incident (John 12:3-8) when Mary took a pound of ointment of pure liquid nard (a rare and highly expensive perfume), poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the whole house was filled with the fragrance of the perfum...