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Monday... Be sure and strive to be safe.


Monday... Be sure and strive to be safe.

I'm not sure where you may live but it seems that today there is danger ahead in many parts of the country. Have you ever been driving and looking ahead and not seeing any danger but there is, it is called ice? Driving on ice is so dangerous. It looks like there is going to be ice in many parts of the country today so we really need to be aware of the danger.

Now there are some who would say, that they can handle it, that is until their car is spinning out of control. They think they are so smart.

Proverbs 22:3 (NLT) says, "A prudent person foresees danger and take precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and sufferers the consequences." I do not want to be riding on ice with a simpleton driver. But that is the way that so many handle life. They don't see the danger ahead and they don't take precautions and they wake up in deep trouble.

The Amplified Bible says it this way, "A prudent and far-sighted 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]."

Be sure and strive to be safe.

Later in verses 17-19 it says, "Listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my instructions. For it is good to keep these sayings in your heart and always ready on your lips. I am teaching you today - yes you - so you will trust in the Lord."

Verse 3 in the New International Reader's Version says, "Wise people see danger and go to a safe place, But childish people keep going and suffer for it."

I have found that it is wise to go to a safe place and to not drive on ice. And for sure it is wise to listen to words of the wise and to trust in the Lord. 

Again the Amplified Bible says verse 3 this way, "A prudent and far-sighted 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]."

So let's be prudent, far-sighted and wise by listening to the words of the wise, and putting our trust in the Lord. Let's be sure and strive to be safe from the consequences of sin. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

 

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