Happy Saturday, dudes. Today is my grandmother's funeral. She sure lived her life according to Proverbs. She was an especially hard worker...
27 Finish your outdoor work
and get your fields ready;
after that, build your house.
I will miss her.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Proverbs 22
Man, this chapter is full of good stuff. One piece that sticks out...
16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
and he who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.
As I consider making loans to peeps on prosper.com, I wonder if it is moral to earn 35% off somebody. Is Solly warning us against taking advantage of the unfortunate poor or the foolish poor? Is there a difference?
16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
and he who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.
As I consider making loans to peeps on prosper.com, I wonder if it is moral to earn 35% off somebody. Is Solly warning us against taking advantage of the unfortunate poor or the foolish poor? Is there a difference?
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Proverbs 19
Friday, May 9, 2008
Proverbs 9
Hmmm. Wisdom offers food and drink...Folly offers food and drink...
Unfortunately I'm naive enough not to know the difference sometimes.
Housekeeping note: Can one of you guys log in and post the links while I'm gone Sat. to Sat.? Rawk on.
Unfortunately I'm naive enough not to know the difference sometimes.
Housekeeping note: Can one of you guys log in and post the links while I'm gone Sat. to Sat.? Rawk on.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Proverbs 8
C.S. Lewis argues that humans instinctively have a moral standard. I agree. And I'm starting to think that wisdom is that moral standard. Proverbs 8 tells us that it was specifically created by God at the beginning of the beginning ("...From the beginning, (AH)from the earliest times of the earth." vs. 23).
So, that said, wisdom, having been installed in humans before birth, isn't some nebulous idea that floats around like a ghost. We don't have to search for it. We've had it since birth. It is knowing right from wrong. Now, our job is to refine and practice our understanding of it through life experience and the teachings of others.
I knew there was a difference b/n wisdom and a list of things to do or not do, but didn't really have a handle on it. I'm gratified that God expects us to understand His standards rather than memorize a set of rules. How could we ever remember all the "rules" for wisdom?
So, that said, wisdom, having been installed in humans before birth, isn't some nebulous idea that floats around like a ghost. We don't have to search for it. We've had it since birth. It is knowing right from wrong. Now, our job is to refine and practice our understanding of it through life experience and the teachings of others.
I knew there was a difference b/n wisdom and a list of things to do or not do, but didn't really have a handle on it. I'm gratified that God expects us to understand His standards rather than memorize a set of rules. How could we ever remember all the "rules" for wisdom?
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Proverbs 7
This one is easy to glaze over. ("There he goes w/ that adultery stuff again.") But I think God's intent, through Solly, really is to "write it on the tablets of our hearts" b/c in that moment when Megan Fox offers to show us around her trailer, I can't imagine how difficult it would be to stop and think w/ my brain instead of w/ my head.
It just has to be ingrained in our psyche so that a Solomon Siren is blaring in our heads not just during obviously immoral moments, but in the little things that lead to sin. Our moral compass needs to instinctively recognize where we're heading.
It just has to be ingrained in our psyche so that a Solomon Siren is blaring in our heads not just during obviously immoral moments, but in the little things that lead to sin. Our moral compass needs to instinctively recognize where we're heading.
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