Removing the impurities makes what remains more valuable and useful. The purity of a substance is what makes it strong. Have you ever worked with clay? One thing that is extremely important before even starting a piece of sculpture or work with the clay is “burping” it. This is working with it, folding it in […]
Just as there is a hierarchy to all things, there is also an order to how knowledge is shared. Knowledge fits like Russian nesting dolls; one holds the other, and so on. Let me explain that reference a little. You have all probably seen the dolls that, when you take the upper part of the […]
We are treated to more of the proverbs recorded by Solomon that were passed down through the ages. Hezekiah, nearly 200 years later, copies them down. It is time to turn back to the proverbs Solomon recorded. I have a feeling that these were found when Hezekiah had the temple cleaned. The Law of Moses […]
A life of laziness will bring with it a sure result. The one who seeks only rest comes to ruin. There is work to be done in every life. I read our passage yesterday and KNEW what it said, but still I curled up in my blanked with my heating pad and took a nap […]
We are hitting neighborly conduct in our text today. Unfortunately, it’s a neighbor who is not so nice. Even so, we are called to be ‘good neighbors’. I’m sure most of us would raise our hands if asked if we had a neighbor problem. Sometimes it is something simple to solve while other times it […]
