My cousin got me on Our Daily Bread. I had always heard of it but I never really checked it out. Well the other day it was on point forreal. The headline was Proverbs 23. I've always loved Proverbs because it is full of wisdom, something I pray for every night. King Solomon had a chance to ask for one thing and he asked for wisdom. Long story short he ended up being one of the greatest kings EVA!! Well this particular proverbs was basically 30 verses full of tips. And it was crazy how all of it applied to something going on right at this moment. Im pretty sure everyone that reads it will find a verse they like. Some examples of the tips were:
- 4 Be wise enough not to wear yourself out trying to get rich.5 Your money
can be gone in a flash, as if it had grown wings and flown away like an eagle.
-9 Don't try to talk sense to a fool; he can't appreciate it. With fool being defined as often used for a wicked or morally corrupt person; one who acts contrary to sound wisdom in his moral behaviors or manners; one who follows his own desires, who prefers trifling and temporary pleasures to the service of God and eternal happiness.
- 13 Don't hesitate to discipline children. A good spanking won't kill them.14 As a matter of fact, it may save their lives. Not BEAT your children...Lol. My mom should have read this...Lol
-For the fellas: 26 Pay close attention, son, and let my life be your example.27 Prostitutes and immoral women are a deadly trap.28 They wait for you like robbers and cause many men to be unfaithful. And this is the reason why LOVE is hard to find. Men fall into the trap everyday.
- 17 Don't be envious of sinful people; let reverence for the Lord be the concern of your life.18 If it is, you have a bright future.
- 19 Listen, my child, be wise and give serious thought to the way you live.20 Don't associate with people who drink too much wine or stuff themselves with food.21 Drunkards and gluttons will be reduced to poverty. If all you do is eat and sleep, you will soon be wearing rags....... 29-30Show me people who drink too much, who have to try out fancy drinks, and I will show you people who are miserable and sorry for themselves, always causing trouble and always complaining. Their eyes are bloodshot, and they have bruises that could have been avoided.31 Don't let wine tempt you, even though it is rich red, and it sparkles in the cup, and it goes down smoothly.32 The next morning you will feel as if you had been bitten by a poisonous snake.33 Weird sights will appear before your eyes, and you will not be able to think or speak clearly.34 You will feel as if you were out on the ocean, seasick, swinging high up in the rigging of a tossing ship.35
I must have been hit, you will say;
I must have been beaten up, but I don't remember it. Why can't I wake up?
I can't even lie I actually burst into laughter, like literally after that last tip about drinking. I can think of plenty of times when I was like that. Tryna tone down on the liquor consumption. Lil sip here and there, but the stories like the above will TRY not to exist anymore on my behalf. Besides it sucks feeling like that anyway.
Yall be blessed man....
AND STOP JUDGING FOLKS....YOUR SINS ARE JUST DIFFERENT.
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