Proverbs 27:2 - Don't call attention to yourself; let others do that for you.
Wonder why I am so dramatic at times? Isn't that calling attention to myself?
Proverbs 27:5 -
A spoken reprimand is better than approval that's never expressed.
Wonder why I won't give my approval to some people. Do I think that if I give the approval they will want more from me?
Proverbs 27:19 - Just as water mirrors your face, so your face mirrors your heart.
None of us have ever seen our face. Ever. But you have and I wonder what you see? Do you see irritation, distance, arrogance or love and kindness? Do I allow my family and friends to read my face?
Proverbs 27:13 -
You can't whitewash your sins and get by with it; you find mercy by admitting and leaving them. Doesn't matter how someone else deals with their sin against you. Am I whitewashing my own sin?
Proverbs 27:21 - Playing favorites is always a bad thing; you can do great harm in seemingly harmless ways. How many times we declare a person is our favorite? A child is our favorite? Wonder why our society values playing favorites?
Proverbs 29:18 - If people can't see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves; But when they attend to what he reveals, they are most blessed. Am I stumbling over myself today?
Proverbs 29:21 - If you let people treat you like a doormat, you'll be quite forgotten in the end. Wonder why I want to allow my friends to treat me like a doormat?
Proverbs 29:25 - The fear of human opinion disables; trusting in God protects you from that. In letting go of some things in my life, I value human opinion on what I've done. Wonder why I don't see that trusting God will protect me from being disabled. What do I want more than the love of my Christ?
Bev, I see nothing but love on your face! That verse got me thinking, too!
ReplyDeleteProverbs 28:14 A tenderhearted person lives a blessed life; a hardhearted person lives a hard life.
Lord, please soften my heart. Fill me with the fruit of Your Spirit... love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self control...so it will show on my face!
xoxo
Those are all great probing questions Bev. Has me really thinking this morning on what people see in my face. I know what I want them to see...Him. I pray I don't wear a big mask, but I suppose I do at times. And playing favorites reeks such havoc...I've seen that up close, why oh, why do we humans do such an awful thing. Pondering on all the questions you posed today..alot of food for thought. bless you..
ReplyDeleteProverbs 27:14 ~ If you wake your friend in the early morning by shouting "Rise and shine!" It will sound to him more like a curse than a blessing. Just something for me to remember as an early bird in a house where night owls out-number.
ReplyDeleteProverbs 28:14 ~ God has no use for the prayers of the people who won't listen to him. And
Hebrews 4:7 ~ Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your heart.
I was reading in Living a Praying Life, by Jennifer Kennedy Dean, and she states, “In learning to hear God’s present voice, you don’t have to worry about whether you are good at hearing. You can trust that He is good at speaking.”
May we, while it is still today, hear from God and walk in that narrow path.
The wounds from a lover are worth it; kisses from an enemy do you in. This verse took me back to my first year of marriage. I wasn't used to having someone so close who didn't hesitate to point out all my flaws and to correct me. It drove me crazy because I felt I was holding my tongue about his stuff most of the time! haha I felt very wounded by him and even wondered why he had married me.
ReplyDeleteOver time though, I realized that my husband does see sin in me that I'm oblivious to or that I make excuses for, and he corrects me out of love. Thankfully, we've learned how to communicate more graciously (most of the time), and I can receive correction with the right perspective.
Another one that jumped out at me:
When the country is in chaos, everybody has a plan to fix it. But it takes a leader of real understanding to straighten things out. Wonder where that leader is today??
Prov 28:1
ReplyDeleteThe wicked are edgy with guilt, ready to run off even when no one's after them; Honest people are relaxed and confident, bold as lions.
That one needs to be remembered.
Prov 29:27
Good people can't stand the sight of deliberate evil; the wicked can't stand the sight of well-chosen goodness.
Interesting that some people hate goodness. Despise it.
This world is not my home...thank God!