Proverbs 19 – Wanting it

I had a recent conversation with a friend who has decided to no longer believe in God. It’s a strange scenario really, and I find it hard to believe that he really believes that. It’s difficult for anyone who believes deeply to comprehend how someone can just choose to no longer have faith. But let’s [...]

Proverbs 12 – Suspicious

I was thinking while reading chapter 12 how blatantly obvious Proverbs credits taking counsel and correction as wisdom. And by default, how ridiculous it makes it seem to reject it. Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.” – Proverbs 12:1 So why don’t we do it? Why do we still [...]

Proverbs 11 – Known

I guess I’ll start my writing for today’s thoughts on Proverbs 11 by sharing a verse from Proverbs 20: Even a child is known by his actions, by whether his conduct is pure and right.” – Proberbs 20:11 The question comes to mind, what actions are we known by? Three different groups of people are [...]