Wednesday... It can be so easy to blame, can't it?

The writer of Proverbs 19 verse 3 (MSG) say, "People ruin their lives by their own stupidity, so why does God always get the blame." The NLT says, "People ruin their own lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the Lord." We don't know what to do when bad situations come into our life so we seek someone to blame and God is an easy target.

Verse 15, "Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves then hungry." (MSB), "Life collapses on loafers; lazybones go hungry."

Verse 16, "Keep the rules and keep your life; careless living kills."

Verse 21, "Take good counsel and accept correction - that's the way to live wisely."

Verse 23 (NLT), "Fear of the Lord leads to life, bringing security and protection from harm."

Verse 24, "Lazy people take food in their hand and don't even lift it to their mouth."

Verse 27 (MSG), "If you quit listening, dear child, and strike off on your own, you'll soon be out of your depth."

Verse 29, "The irreverent have to learn reverence the hard way, only a slap in the face brings fools to attention."

And then Hebrews 5:11-14, "I have a lot more to say about this, but it is hard to get it across to you since you've picked up this bad habit of not listening. By this time you ought to be teachers yourselves, yet here I find you need someone to sit down with you and go over the basics - baby's milk, when you should have been on solid food long ago! Milk is for beginners, inexperienced in God's ways, solid food is for the mature, who have some practice in telling right from wrong."

And then back to Proverbs 19. Verse 8 (NLT) says, "To acquire wisdom is to love yourself; people who cherish understanding will prosper." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together!

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together! They really do. And this is what caught my attention this morning as I was reading Proverbs 2. Verse 1 (NRSVUE) says, "My child, if you accept my words and treasure my commands within you." Verse 3 (NIV), "Indeed i f you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, Verse 4, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, Verse 5, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God." And verses 9-11, " Then you will understand what is right and just and fair - every good path. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you." There will always be some effort we must do, some ifs for the thens to be realized in our lives. So many of us want to understand without the ifs. But the thens are so worth, so very worth the effort. Verses 5-6 in the Ampli...

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless.

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless. It really can. I have found that unless I give the correct email of my wife then I can't get what I wanted. I put an extra i in her email and I have been working for 5 days to get it changed. Unless has been useless. The writer of Psalm 94 uses this word and shows how important it is. Verses 17-19 (NLT) says, "Unless the Lord had helped me, I would have soon settled in the silence of the grave. I cried out, 'I'm slipping!' but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer." "Unless the Lord had helped me." So many people go on and on and on striving to live their life on their own but they keep slipping and doubting and living without hope and cheer. Yes the Lord has such unfailing love for us, he really does but unless we have a relationship with him and we turn to him and ask him for help then the unless turns in to useless because h...

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