Proverbs 14:20-21 As you read about the rich having many friends, don’t you just want to say to the writer of this proverb, “Duh, tell me something a little less obvious!” It can seem as if the rich have it so easy, and in some ways you are correct. But I want to digContinue reading “Your Rich Neighbor”
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Intractable Political Landscape
Proverbs 14:19 Sometimes it can be difficult to keep your head up when it seems as if evil is getting and upper hand. I know many people who look at what is happening in this country and they fall into angry despair. They see their values being trampled, seemingly with no consequences. Underemployment atContinue reading “Intractable Political Landscape”
Fathers
Proverbs 14:18 Have you noticed that families often have many things in common? They often speak with a similar accent, use the same phrases when describing things, even have common jokes. This makes sense since they had to have spent time together. Being similar to the rest of your family makes sense. This doesn’t meanContinue reading “Fathers”
Explosion
Proverbs 14:16-17 Getting a handle on our anger can be difficult process. I do know one thing, letting our anger control our behavior can be very detrimental to our relationships and reputation as a Jesus-follower. Anger can even destroy us. There is a role for anger in our lives. Anger is, after all, a God-givenContinue reading “Explosion”
First Contact
Proverbs 14:15 There is one characteristic that I personally have had to learn over the years. I have had to learn to be less trusting of what people tell me. That’s right, less trusting. I have had to learn that people are sinful and that lying comes too easily, and often with no consequences. ButContinue reading “First Contact”
Getting Away with It
Proverbs 14:14 I received a text message telling me that I had used 90% of my allotted minutes of calling time with seven days to go before my billing plan resets. I don’t know if I will make it without going over minutes. Usually we don’t have any problem with the number of minutes inContinue reading “Getting Away with It”
Laughing at a Funeral
Proverbs 14:13 The expression of one emotion does not mean that other, even seemingly contradictory emotion, does not exist. Our emotions are very transient. They can change in a moment. But a change from one emotion to another does not mean that there is a permanent shift away from the first to the second. EmotionContinue reading “Laughing at a Funeral”
Façade’
Proverbs 14:11-12 Often things are not what they appear. The outside often hides the inside. And there is incongruity between the two. The outside and the inside just don’t match. We might say it this way, “Things don’t add up.” Our first proverb contrasts a house and a tent. On the surface the house seemsContinue reading “Façade’”
Pain, Lonely Pain
Proverbs 14:10 We are all unique individuals who live with others who share many things in common. As we experience the sorrows and joys that inevitably come to us as human beings living in a fallen world, there are many common factors to those experiences. These common factors to human experience tie us together. TheContinue reading “Pain, Lonely Pain”
Own It
Proverbs 14:9 One of the tasks of parenting is to teach our kids to take responsibility for their actions. This seems to be something so fundamental that I almost feel like not discussing it, except that there are so many parents who do fail at this simple task. There seems to be an ever increasingContinue reading “Own It”