Thursday... But they are different.

We as parents will probably have more than one child and each one of them are different. And there can be deep concern and deep guilt and also deep pride as a parent in there. Because we love them. And God understands.

Look at Proverbs 22:2 (AMP), "The rich and poor have a common bond; The Lord is the Maker of them all."

Now when God gave free choice to each of His children, that was a great risk. But He did it anyway. Now at some point each one took up the responsibility for their own actions. And God still loved them. And God still loves us because He is our Maker.

Going on, verse 3 says, "A prudent and farsighted person sees the evil [of sin] and hides himself [from it], but the naive continue on and are punished [by suffering the consequences of sin]." That is one side. And God sent His Son to die and take care of the consequences of their wrong choices that they were free to make and they did make. Now I'm not sure that God had the feeling of failure but He did all He could to win them back, to keep them from sinning and the punishment and suffering the consequences of those sins.

So many people blame God for all the bad and evil that happens around us and yes it comes from His giving us free choice and He took the risk because He wanted us to do what is right and serve Him and love Him because of our choice but He also put into it all, consequences of their sin and because He also wanted to show the rewards for living for Him.

Verse 4 says, "The reward of humility [that is, having a realistic view of one's importance] and the [reverent, worshipful] fear of the Lord is riches, honor and life." He has given each one of us the consequences for our sins and the rewards for our choices as prudent and farsighted people.

Verse 5 says, "Thorns and snares are in the way of the obstinate [for their lack of honor and their wrong-doing traps them]; He who guards himself [with godly wisdom] will be far from them and avoid the consequences they suffer."

I love the Proverbs because it lays out the choices and the rewards and the consequences of those choices. And God has done that because of His love for His children and because He is the Maker of us all. So we need to spend some time in God's Word. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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