There are always good reasons to give up – life circumstances provide plenty of justifications for seeking an easier life. Yet the easier life isn’t that much easier and in fact quite harder actually. So when we get to grips with reality – there is a God who loves us and has sent His Son […]
Read More I Feel Like Going On – Marvin WinansHow much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. (Proverbs 16:16) Hold on a minute, haven’t I read something like this before? If you read Proverbs 3:14; 8:10 and 8:19 they intimate the same thing. Now back in the day reading something like that would just […]
Read More MTP16 Lest I Forget Help Me RememberApparently bigger is better and if you can get more people on your side, that’s all great. No one is interested in a book that has a small readership. No one wants to watch a programme with a few viewers. No one is putting themselves out for something with low attendance. That’s why I understand […]
Read More A Few Good MenThe eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good. (Proverbs 15:3) So there’s this gospel artist called John P. Kee who I absolutely love … in terms of his music, I don’t know him, but if he’s anything like his music, I’m sure we’d get on just […]
Read More MTP15 He’s Watching YouI’m a bit surprised that I haven’t talked about sex that often on this blog. No don’t worry you haven’t got on the wrong site, if you’ve wandered to this place this isn’t one of those that is sponsored by or supports the adult entertainment industry. Isn’t that a phrase which has been taken for […]
Read More Is This What I Believe? SexA man of quick temper acts foolishly, (Proverbs 14:17a) Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. (Proverbs 14:29) The trick was to find a way to wind me up. Knowing me as well as she did she would easily coax me into her trap with […]
Read More MTP14 Temper, TemperThe beauty of these popcorn Proverbs is that you can pop some in the mouth of your heart and really get chewing to get the juice out of it. As you chomp through it and meditate on it. Chapter 11 keeps that going and there were three particular verses that struck me as worth developing […]
Read More MTP11 Popcorn Proverbs – ThreemendousI was reading Proverbs 8 – of course I was or else I wouldn’t be able to put this post together – in any case I read it, then I read it again, then I left it for about an hour or nine and read it again for me wife. Sometimes when you read something […]
Read More MTP08 Wisdom – What A LadyI don’t know if I’m the only person who sometimes scratches his head when he reads Proverbs. Especially when it gets to chapter 7. Here’s why I scratch my head. I read the story of Solomon. Son of David to Bathsheba. Bath, as she was obviously known for short, and evidently not one to be […]
Read More MTP07 Seducing the Wise ManFaithfulness is not a hugely valued commodity especially when opposed to the value of choice. As choice is so vaunted and regarded as essential to quality life not much is said about staying with the made choice. I reckon this is down to two key factors. First not making the most of that which we […]
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