Proverbs 8:1
Proverbs 1:20-21, Wisdom
Proverbs 9:1-3;
Isaiah 49:1-6, Isaiah 55:1-3; Words
Matthew 3:3, Matthew 4:17, Matthew 28:19-20; Gospel
Mark 13:10, Mark 16:15-16; Luke 24:47; John 7:37;
Acts 1:8, Acts 22:21; Romans 15:18-21 Wisdom
Proverbs 8 Wisdom to Know
Horrific Events
What makes it seem so horrible? Is it the number which die and are injured? Is it the manner in which they die? Is it simply that we are not confronted with death on a daily basis? Perhaps each of these. Perhaps none of this. Still it is horrific. No one wants their loved ones to be the victim of death or injury at the hands of mentally unbalanced people. We assume they must be mentally deranged by the simple fact that they would perpetrate such violence. But even the mental state of an individual or group does not cause us to be horrified by such circumstances. It is horrible. And we wonder why it happens and why is it so horrible. Continue reading
The Cup, the Bowl and the Spoon
It was a quiet time, early in the morning. On a cluttered table in an almost empty room sat a bowl, a cup and a spoon. It was an average room. A stove, a refrigerator and the usual scattering of items around the counter top spoke nothing unusual of this space. Everything on the table could have been easily missed except the bowl, the cup and the spoon. It wasn’t that they had been used. Used dishes are normal in a kitchen. Nor was it what they were used for. A small brown ring in the bottom of the cup suggested coffee. The grease and flecks of fluffy yellow betrayed the sausage and eggs already eaten. The spoon had probably been used in both and was then licked sparkling clean. At least to the naked eye. And before them all sat an average man with graying hair. His face was hidden, buried deep in his weathered hands as he sought answers to the serious questions of life he had come to face. Continue reading
My View
Many times people ask “What is your philosophy?” What they really mean is ‘How do you view’ something, anything, or even everything. For me it is a pretty easy answer. I hold to a Biblical world view. Meaning that it is all filtered through a knowledge and understanding of the truth presented to man by God in the Bible. That normally gets me one of three responses. Commonly it is an instant shutdown, shut up, I don’t want to hear that nonsense. Get real; can’t you think for yourself? Then there is the antithesis. “Oh yeah, I like totally agree”, no discussion needed. But the third response is my favorite. “So how do you mean that?” My view and the basis for it matters because there is an interest in validating or maybe even formulating their view. Continue reading