Living With Regrets

Ho hum, the end of another month and indeed the end of the first quarter of the year. Thank God for that. It’s been a fascinating quarter moving from the cold of winter into the inklings of warmer climes and hibernation days over and real action beginning. As you’ve noticed on the blog this month, […]

MTP31 – The Foundation of Wisdom

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. (Proverbs 31:30) The purpose of Proverbs is for readers to recognise what it takes to be and speak wise and thus aspire to wisdom above everything. Throughout the book it has not been an exercise of the head, but a commitment on […]

MTP30 – Valuing Heritage

The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures. (Proverbs 30:17) Respecting our parents is the first command with promise, outside of commands relating to our relationship with God, this is the first issue that God gives us. Parents […]

MTP29 – Where Real Justice Comes From

Many seek an audience with a ruler, but it is from the LORD that one gets justice. (Proverbs 29:26) It is right and proper to acknowledge those over us and wisdom does not suggest we seek to take matters into our own hands for our own sense of justice which is often thinly disguised vengeance. Yet […]

MTP28 – The Fate Of The Stingy

The stingy are eager to get rich and are unaware that poverty awaits them. (Proverbs 28:22) Stingy people. Ever come across them? Eager to keep stuff to themselves. Conveniently never have anything to offer in the hope that they can amass it for themselves. The wisdom of this proverb is profound. It is not just material […]

MTP27 – Tomorrow, Tomorrow

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. (Proverbs 27:1) Making the most of the present is a gift that saves a lot of hassle both from past actions and especially from future preoccupations. Failure to appreciate the present and go swanning off into what we expect to happen […]

Prayer Points (WE-110326)

It is the end of another week there has been lots of issues worthy of prayer. To list them all and go into detail would require … something I don’t have a lot of – time. So here is a snippet of just some of the issues that I’d appreciate you remembering in your prayers. […]

MTP26 – There’s Just No Helping Some People

A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly. (Proverbs 26:16) There is no one beyond the reach of God. As long as you’re human, God can reach you. Having said that, although God can reach them, it is sometimes the case that the efforts of mere mortals will not reach […]

MTP25 – Leave It For Others To Say

Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence, and do not claim a place among his great men; it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than for him to humiliate you before his nobles. (Proverbs 25:6, 7) We live in a world where apparently people who get ahead are those who are able […]

MTP24 – Don’t Wish It On Your Worst Enemy

Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice, or the LORD will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from them. (Proverbs 24:17, 18) Jesus was not original when He said to love the enemy. This word of wisdom sees something crucial in not seeing pleasure in bad things happening to those […]