Is there anything more frustrating that being unable to free yourself? Partnering with a ‘fool’ can have you tied in knots and completely ineffective. I want to take a moment before we get going to give a praise report and tell how I ALMOST missed it all together. In our time together yesterday, I shared […]
An answer is a response to something someone does or says. But what kind of answer do you give when the action is one of foolishness? I wonder exactly what kinds of acts Solomon is referring to. Are they where someone is doing something dangerous? Is it something illegal? Is it something of poor judgment? […]
Just as there are “not right” events and happenings, there are other that do fit. For what situation does it fit? Wisdom will tell. The two verses in our reading tell of opposite examples of “fit”. The first, of the curse that doesn’t fit because the baseless nature of it. The second, the accepted tools […]
There are some things in life that are simply not right; they don’t fit the pattern of expectations. And they make a mess when they happen! Snow in SUMMER! What a concept. We all, or at least those of us living in normal climates, recognize how unlikely this is. Yet, there are places that have […]
When we lack self-control we fall into a world of excesses. There are no boundaries to the lusts or passions we chase after. The first thing that comes to mind when most people think of self-control is eating. The eyes want to consume everything while the mind puts up limits. If it didn’t, we would […]
