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Wednesday... It just jumped out at me.


Proverbs 3:3 (NLT), "Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart."

Wednesday... It just jumped out at me.

We really do need to spend time in God's Word. It can definitely make a difference in our days.


I left my phone back at home and I had to go back and get it so I got out a little later. I usually sit at a certain table at my coffee shop but just as I was walking in someone sat at it. Now I have been at this coffee shop 783 times and I have sat at that table a big portion of those times but not today. So how will that affect me?

Well, I got my coffee and sat down at another table and started reading in Proverbs 3 and right before one of my favorite verses in the Bible I read verse 3 and here is what it says, "Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart." Yes loyalty is an important word. As I said I have come to Aspire 783 times and that is loyalty but the verse then said "and kindness." And I needed that word today. It just jumped out at me. And that is how God works through His Word. That's why it needs to be a daily place to go. God really does want to speak to us.

This verse in the Amplified Bible says, "Do not let mercy and kindness and truth leave you [instead let these qualities define you]" Now telling the truth is something we seem to like to do but not always with mercy and kindness. Wouldn't it be great if these three words defined us? Yes, we need to tell the truth but we also need to do it with mercy and kindness. Verse 3 continues, "Bind them [securely] around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart."

Over in the New Testament book of Colossians in 3:12-13 (NLT) it says, "Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, gentleness, and patience. Make allowance for each other's faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others."

Now I really don't need to forgive those people who sat at my table. They had the right to sit there. And the table I sat at was great.

Back to Proverbs 3. Verse 4 says, "Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will earn a good reputation." A little bit of mercy and kindness with truth goes a long way.

By the way, the next two verses are so important for us to live by. Verses 5-6 says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take." And maybe you needed that today.

Yes, God through His Word will speak to our need. It did to me. "Never let loyalty and kindness leave you!" Yes, it just jumped out at me. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning




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