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Thursday... So what do we do?


Proverbs 8:1-2 (NIRV), "Doesn't wisdom call out? Doesn't understanding raise her voice? At the highest point along the way, she takes her place where the paths meet."

Thursday... So what do we do?

Which path do we take?

So what do you do? Is it all on you?


I love the time that I spend each morning in my Bible. I have read a Psalm everyday for years and in a systematic way I read the Proverbs and then I read a chapter in the New Testament. Each one has its place in my walk through life.

Now the Proverbs definitely has a place when making a decision and we are making some important decisions at a key time in our life. Today is January 8 so I read Proverbs 8 and it started this way. Verses 1-2 (NIRV) says, "Doesn't wisdom call out? Doesn't understanding raise her voice? At the highest point along the way, she takes her place where the paths meet." That "where the paths meet" is a great place for wisdom.

The Amplified Bible says, "Does not wisdom call, and understanding lift up her voice? On the top of the heights beside the way, where the paths meet, wisdom takes her stand." That is so true. Yes it is.

Verse 5 says, "O you naive or inexperienced [who are easily misled], understand prudence and seek astute common sense; and O you [closed-minded, self confident] fools, understand wisdom [seek the insight and self-discipline that leads to godly living]." We each one need God and we need wisdom and they both go together. But even many Christ-follows have this relationship with God but never spend time in the Bible which is His Word to us.

Verses 6-11 (NLT) says, "Listen to me! For I have important things to tell you. Everything I say is right, for I speak the truth and detest every kind of deception. My advice is wholesome. There is nothing devious or crooked in it. My words are plain to anyone with understanding, clear to those with knowledge. Choose my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies. Nothing you desire can compare with it." Yes, yes!

And verse 33 says, "Listen to my instructions and be wise. Don't ignore it."

Verse 32 (AMP) says, "Now therefore, O sons, listen to me, for blessed [happy, prosperous, to be admired] are they who keep my ways."

So there is the answer to the question, what do we do? Margaret and I do it and it is the only way to go. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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