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Thursday... We live in such an edgy world.


Proverbs 28:1 (MSG), "The wicked are edgy with guilt, ready to run off even when no one's after them; honest people are relaxed and confident, bold as lions."

Thursday... We live in such an edgy world.

Yes we do. We have so many stories about people getting into fights and causing so much harm. We live in an edgy world. Someone cuts another person off in traffic and the stories don't end well.


Proverbs 28:1 (MSG) says, "The wicked are edgy with guilt, ready to run off even when no one's after them; honest people are relaxed and confident, bold as lions."

Here is another Proverb that could be the problem. Verse 13 (NLT) says, "People who conceal their sins will not prosper, but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy." The CEV says, "If you don't confess your sins, you will be a failure. But God will be merciful if you confess your sins and give them up." There seems to be a lot of confessing that needs to happen in our world.

Verse 14 (NLT), "Blessed are those who fear to do wrong, but the stubborn are headed for serious trouble." The Message says, "A tenderhearted person lives a blessed life; a hardhearted person lives a hard life."

By the way, verse 13 in The Message says, "You can't whitewash your sins and get by with it; you find mercy by admitting and leaving them."

Back to verse 9 (NLT), "God detests the prayers of a person who ignores the law." The Amplified Bible says, "He who turns his ear away from listening to the law [of God and man], even his prayer is repulsive to God." We don't realize it but that reality can make us so very edgy. It's all up to us.

And then verse 10, "He who leads the upright astray on an evil path will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit good."

It's no wonder why we live in an edgy world. By the way let's do what 1 John 1:9 says, "But if we confess our sins to him [God], he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness." And know this, Revelation 3:9 Jesus says, "Look! I stand at the door [of your heart] and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together with friends." He wants to be the Lord of our life. Yes, and that will make such a difference! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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