Proverbs 24 – The General Contractor

By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.” – Proverbs 24:3-4 And by house, it means anything worth building, anything of value, and/or anything worthy of pursuit. This could be our actual house. It could be our life and spiritual [...]

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 15 – Value in Learning

The fear of the LORD teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor” – Proverbs 15:33 The author of Proverbs spends much time helping us see the value of wisdom and her attributes. Because of this pattern, at first glance I assumed that “humility comes before honor” meant that we should value humility above [...]

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 [...]