Thursday... Let's win!

Proverbs 10:25 (NLT), "When the storms of life come, the wicked are whirled away, but the godly have a lasting foundation."

Thursday... Let's win!

This is a reality. Proverbs 10:25 (NLT) says, "When the storms of life come, the wicked are whirled away, but the godly have a lasting foundation." It says when not if. The storms of life do come.

Now here in the desert we are going through some good times. I sat outside this morning looking up at the mountain behind our house and had my coffee and water and i read my three chapters in the Bible and connected with God through prayer. No physical storm but we are having some personal ones. No relationship storms but some life changing ones. Yes, storms are a when not an if.

Verse 25 starts in the New Living Translation with a when. "When the storms of life come," But it doesn't stop there. it shows two different ways to handle them. First of all this Proverb says, ''the wicked are whirled away," The Message Paraphrase says, "When the storm is over, there's nothing left of the wicked." Verse 24 says, "The nightmares of the wicked come true." It may not be now but it will be later. Not an if but a when. Yes they may be positive people but there positivity will not last. 

There is another side. Verse 25 (NLT) says, "When the storms of life come, the wicked are whirled away, but the godly have a lasting foundation." The Message says, "When the storm is over, there's nothing left of the wicked; good people, firm on their rock foundation, aren't even fazed." Yes, "good people, firm on their rock foundation, aren't even fazed."

Verse 24 says, "The nightmares of the wicked come true; what the good people desire, they get." Yes there is a difference between wicked and good people and the outcome of their storms.

Now the storms do cause some wobbles but our foundation doesn't let us fall or be blown away.

We have had some storms outside our new house but the foundation has been firm and it is still standing. Yes, we have gone through some major storms in our life but we are still holding steady.

Proverbs 10:5 says, "Make hay while the sun shines - that's smart; go fishing during harvest - that's stupid."

Verse 16 says, "The wage of a good person is exuberant life; an evil person ends up with nothing but sin."

Verse 22, "God's blessing makes life rich; nothing we do can improve on God."

Verse 28 says, "The aspirations of good people end in celebration; the ambition of bad people crash."

Psalm 10:4-6 (NLT) says, "The wicked are too proud to seek God. They seem to think that God is dead. Yet they succeed in everything they do. They do not see your punishment awaiting them. They sneer at all  their enemies. They think, 'Nothing bad will ever happen to us! We will be free of trouble forever!"

Verses 16-18 says, "The Lord is king forever and ever! The godless nations will vanish from the land. Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them. You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so mere people can no longer terrify them."

The last part of verse 16 in The Message says, "God's grace and order wins; godlessness loses." In our storms of life let's put our trust in God. He is our firm foundation! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning