Month: January 2026

Wisdom’s Dwelling and Counsel

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I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.  Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.  By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.  By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.  I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.  Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.  My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.  I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:  That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

Proverbs 8:12-21

In chapters 8 and 9 wisdom is presented as a person speaking; using the words I and mine.

Notice that wisdom “Dwells with prudence” which means, “with discretion.”  Working behind the scenes working for good in those who have it.

There is one thing for sure the world needs more godly wisdom, because worldly wisdom has caused certain hatred, and a willingness to take lives.  That includes all of those who murder people with whom they disagree,  with their mouth.

How to have the wisdom of God!  First of all one needs to know God, and that is by trusting in the finished work of God’s Son since He died on the cross for our sins, He was buried, and He rose again.  Next, you need to realize that is the wisest thing you ever did – calling on His name.  Then you need to ask God for wisdom (James 1:5-8).

Your life will change, because your heart changes, and what you  love and desire will be replaced by what God loves and desires.  Be wise, open your eyes to the truth of Jesus Christ.

Wisdom In Listening To Godly Parents

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My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.  Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.  Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Say unto wisdom, “Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:”  That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,  And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding…

Proverbs 7:1-7

The Lamp and The Light

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My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.  Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

Proverbs 6:20-25

The commandment of the father,  and the law of the mother are compatible because they are equal in discipline, correction, and instruction.

The words are from a father to his son, and as the word of God is directed from God our heavenly Father to His  sons (children) of the new birth.  Note what the commandment, and the law do for those who will listen, hear and do it.

First it will give you peace when you sleep through the night.  It will talk to you when you are awake.

It does this for us; GOD does this for us to keep us from  evil.  God is full of love, mercy, and grace.  He will deliver  you when you turn from your sins to Him through Jesus Christ who bled and died on the cross, He was buried and He rose again.

The Blessed Love of The Good Wife

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Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.  Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.  Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.  Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.  Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.  And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?  For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He pondereth all his goings.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Proverbs 5:15-23

I am a man who has been blessed with a good wife.  I know no other woman so loving and kind and has such a heart for serving others.  We have been married for 52  years, and everyone of those years blessed me with love.

I know that is not so in many a man’s life,  and I hurt with you, because I know some men do not know how to treat a   woman.  She should be; your wife that is; treated with awe and respect.  It is amazing what a good wife can do.

I am not saying that everything will always be bliss, and heavenly, because it will not.  There will be hard times.  Work through them together.  If you have the Lord Jesus Christ in your marriage and home, you can overcome any attack against you.

The Chastening of The LORD

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My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of His correction: for whom the LORD loveth He correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Proverbs 3:11-12

Are you a faithful, Bible reading, Church attending, Holy Spirit living Christian (a follower of Jesus Christ), or are you just a nominal Christian who attends church once, twice, maybe five times a year; when you find it convenient?

If you are one of the faithful ones then let  me tell you something you already know or may not know.  That is, that the LORD chastises His children.  He disciplines His own.  If you are without chastisement, then you are not His child (Hebrews 12:7-8).

Please bear with me.  I am going to share something with you of my personal health.  Several years ago (2011) I had some blocked arteries in my heart, and they put three stents in to open them up.  On November 01, 2013, I was out trimming around the edge of our yard, was having a minor heart attack, and the doctors put more stents in my heart.  I have had a tremor in my right arm and hand for many years and over the years it kept getting worse.  In September of 2023 I went to see a  Neurologist, and she did some test, and told me that I had Parkinson’s Disease.  This has seemed to get progressively worse, affecting my voice and speaking abilities, I have fallen many times.  One of those times was a face plant on a concrete parking lot in Branson,  MO..

Anyway, I see the chastening hand of the LORD in this.  I do not know the purpose of it  yet.   I do know that He is not only Lord of all, He is also my Lord and Savior.  It is good to know that He is still working on me.  Even though it is painful.

I thank the Holy, Holy, Holy Three in One for the grace and mercy they have given to me.

The Way of Deliverance From Evil Men

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When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;  Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;  Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;  Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.  None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.  That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.  For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.  But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

Proverbs 2:10-22

Give No Consent To Sin

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My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Proverbs 1:10

These words though they are written by a man to his son, are good words to hear as if from God to His children.

We are to give no consent to sin in our lives. We are to flee temptation, that is our weakest point.

It can only be done with the power of Jesus Christ in us, who is the Holy Spirit.  He will not lead us into sin.  “Be filled with the Spirit” Ephesians 5:18.

Have a blessed and safe New Year.  Remember to read  your Bible daily and you will be hearing from God, Jesus who is God the Son.