Friday... I'm really on edge.

Friday... I'm really on edge. There are a lot of reason for being on edge but the writer of Proverbs 28 gives some good thoughts about it.

Proverbs 28:1 (MSG) says, "The wicked are edgy with guilt, ready to run off even when no one's after them; Honest people are relaxed and confident, bold as lions." It is better to be relaxed and confident, isn't it?

Verse 6 (NLT) says, "Better to be poor and honest than to be dishonest and rich." If I'm dishonest I'm always looking around trying to see if anyone is looking at me. Being dishonest can put me on edge.

Verse 9, "God detests the prayers of a person who ignores the law." MSG, "God has no use for the prayers of the people who won't listen to him." Now that will put you on edge. I think it is a good thing to listen to Him, to not ignore His law.

Verse 13 (MSG), "You can't whitewash your sins and get by with it; you find mercy by admitting and leaving them." The NLT says, "People who conceal their sins will not prosper, but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy." Just confess them to God and you will receive mercy.

Verse 26 (NLT), "Those who trust their own insight are foolish, but anyone who walks in wisdom is safe."

And then over in Psalm 58:11, "Then at last everyone will say, 'There truly is a reward for those who live for God; surely there is a God who judges justly here on earth.'"

Just a few thoughts from God's Word to keep us calm, relaxed, confident, bold and safe. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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