Proverbs and Politics.

I honestly thought I'd try to make this blog free of politics. But the following just fits too perfectly with what is happening this week in our Congress and Administration! (Especially vr 13-14)

(1:10) My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. (1:11) If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: (1:12) Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: (1:13) We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: (1:14) Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

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Parental Power

^{Pr 1:8} Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching. ^{Pr 1:9} They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.

This is one Proverb that gave me little problem.  I was a fortunate child to have parents worthy of respect and honor ... albeit as a teen I became somewhat bull headed a lot of the time.  However the older I've become the wiser they are.

Greener Grass

For the last several months, I've been absent from the "blogosphere".  It had gotten so that my writings were boring even me .... reading one was like reading all the others I had written.  However I do miss it.  And since "grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" ... I started this new blog!

 

Here I hope to use Precepts, Proverbs and Platitudes to help revive my mundane life ... re-awaken dreams ... interject some humor ... and hopefully at times inspire those who happen to read.  I plan to use as a basis, the Old Testament books of Proverbs, Psalms and Ecclesiastes for the Precepts and Proverbs portion.  And for the Platitude part, the sayings of "wise men" that I meet on a daily basis.  Perhaps this will make me more aware of My God, My family and my fellow man.

 

Tonight's thought is a simple one but perhaps the greatest:

Pr 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,

but fools despise wisdom and discipline.