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Monday... I am an example of this Proverb.



Monday... I am an example of this Proverb.  

Every month I start over in reading the Proverbs. This is the first day of August so I read Proverbs 1. It is a systematic way I read the Proverbs. I also read the Psalms by the date of each day. I'm starting my 4th month in a row in the Psalms so I read Psalm 91. 

 Now back to the Proverbs. I read the book of Proverbs 12 times in a year but each day and each month the Spirit highlights different words and different Proverbs for me to focus on. Today it was verses 8 and 9 (NLT). And I read them as a son of my parents. Now I am a 75 year old son of two parents who are in heaven and I am an example of this Proverb. 

 Verses 8 and 9 says, "My Child, listen when your father corrects you. Don't neglect your mother's instruction. What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of honor around your neck." I got emotional as I just wrote that. It is true. It really is. I have been crowned with grace and honor. I am so fortunate to have had godly parents who served the Lord and corrected when I needed it and gave me instruction that was founded upon the Bible. Now I was Biblically corrected. I was spanked two times. And it didn't hurt me, it directed me, it showed me that they meant what they said and they did it in love not anger. And that makes all the difference. 

And our son and daughter are also examples of this Proverb. They listened when I corrected them and they didn't neglect their mother, Margaret's instructions and they They weren't perfect but from a loving father's perspective, they were close and they both love the Lord today and are raising their children as godly parents. Listen, it works. Yes it does. 

Now some of you didn't have Christian parents and there are emotional scars left on you because of that. Listen, maybe you need to forgive then. And if they are still alive, pray for them. But if they were Christians and they raised you from a Christian perspective, if they are still alive then maybe you could thank them. And also pat yourself on the back because you listened when your father corrected you and didn't neglect your mother's instruction. And if you didn't, then ask them to forgive you. Also remember that even if our parents were Christians they weren't perfect but they at least had a Christian foundation and advantage in raising us.  

The MESSAGE puts it this way, "Pay close attention, friend to what you father tells you; never forget what you learned at your mother's knee. Wear their council like a winning crown, like rings on your fingers." I can't really express how much I love and appreciate B. Ivan and Helen Williams, my parents and thank God for them. I truly have been crowned with grace and a chain of honor is around my neck.

Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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