Looking Towards Your Purpose
Looking Towards Your Purpose “The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.” Proverbs 17:24 ESV There are a few professional athletes that have been trained to look one way, but go another. But for the rest of us, we tend to follow the age […]
“Let Me Know if You Need Anything”
“Let Me Know if You Need Anything” “A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.” Proverbs 17:17 NLT “Let me know if you need anything.“ Another common expression, but too often it is just an expression without execution. What do I mean? The statement may come from the […]
Truth and Justice
Truth and Justice “He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.” Proverbs 17:15 ESV When I was a boy invariably there were summer evenings that would include a game of “cops and robbers” in the neighborhood. In those days in the early 70’s, to be […]
Don’t Open the Floodgate
Don’t Open the Floodgate! “Starting a quarrel is like opening a floodgate, so stop before a dispute breaks out.” Proverbs 17:14 NLT I don’t know about you, but I have never opened a floodgates. I have however, watched what happened in Houston a couple of years back when they did just that. Certainly not intended, but the […]
Let it Go
Let it Go “He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love, But he who repeats or gossips about a matter separates intimate friends.” Proverbs 17:9 AMP I don’t know about you, but I have done some pretty foolish things in my life. I have made mistakes and I have done and said things that have […]
Exposure Warning
Exposure Warning! “An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.” Proverbs 17:4 ESV We might come to a passage like the one we read this week, and think; (whether in gratitude or pride), “that is them, not me”. Or we might linger on the verse a little longer and consider the […]
Why is there a test?
Why is there a test? A Walk Through Proverbs “The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests hearts.” Proverbs 17:3 ESV Remember those tests in school? Just the word might produce an anxiety about what was to come. At least for me, the anxiety was inversely proportional to just […]
About Gray Hair
About Gray Hair “Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained by living a godly life.” Proverbs 16:31 NLT I remember the first gray hair I had. I pulled it out! It was a vain attempt to prevent a natural progression. While the graying process is different for everyone, according to Harvard Health, for […]
A Good Appetite To Have
A Good Appetite To Have “It is good for workers to have an appetite; an empty stomach drives them on.”Proverbs 16:26 NLT For the purposes of this discussion, I want to suggest to you that there are at least two types of hunger. One hunger is bad, the other is good. There is the bad hunger that leads to starvation […]
Don’t SLIP
Don’t SLIP “There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.”Proverbs 16:25 NLT “It seemed right at the time.” Have you ever uttered those words. Or maybe you have heard someone else say them, and then the words are followed by a description of a series of events that […]
