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February 14 - Proverbs 10:7-12 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It is a Friday.
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  It is the 14th of February, which means it's Valentine's
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  Day. Happy Valentine's Day to all of
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  those of you who are going to celebrate this for someone else.
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  And if you had completely forgotten, you're welcome.
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  And if if you do not have a Valentine to celebrate with
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  today, well, I hope today is filled with good things for you
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  to enjoy as well, irrespective of your Valentine relational
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  status and all of that down. We are going to set ourselves
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  down before, well before God's version of Yoda, before this
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  great teacher who is going to sprout words of wisdom to us.
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  And we are not used to in the modern world, coming before
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  wisdom, literature and hearing truth spoken to us, hearing good
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  advice spoken to us. We have got this, this philtre,
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  this, this cynicism, almost of everything that we listen to
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  that we think, yeah. What was the author's intention
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  here? Yeah.
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  What are they trying to get out of this?
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  But here we come, before this ancient literature written so
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  long ago, based on the observations and the musing of
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  an incredibly wise soul, captured and put together in our
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  inspired Word of God, so that we can hear this wisdom from God to
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  shape us today. How cool is that, friends?
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  So we have got another six proverbs that we are going to
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  read today. As we dive back into Proverbs
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  10, reading verses 7:00 to 12:00,
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  we have happy memories of the godly.
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  But the name of a wicked person rots away.
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  The wise are glad to be instructed, but babbling fools
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  fall flat on their faces. People with integrity walk
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  safely, but those who follow crooked paths will be exposed.
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  People who wink at wrong cause trouble, but a bold reproof
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  promotes peace. The words of the godly are a
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  life giving fountain. The words of the wicked conceal
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  violent intentions. Hatred stirs up quarrels, but
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  love makes up for all offences. Oh Jesus, there is more wisdom
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  in these six proverbs than we possibly have time to think
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  through right now or unpack. But Lord, we just hear your
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  desire for us to be people of righteousness, people of
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  integrity. Lord, help us have the humility
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  when people give us feedback or good advice to hear that and to
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  heed that. Lord, soften our egos so that
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  when others have some genuine words of wisdom to share, we can
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  hear them and we can benefit from them.
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  But Lord, more than all the rest of it, I pray that you give us
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  your love. Your love, which, as the wise
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  teacher says, makes up for all offences.
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  Our Lord, that we could walk around our lives filled with
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  your love, sharing your love. Where there is the potential for
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  conflict and quarrels, it would be your love that makes the
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  difference and brings peace and kindness and tolerance.
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  So we commit ourselves to being your ambassadors and living your
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  way. Shape us with your wisdom.
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  Lead us ever closer to you, that the fruits of your Spirit may
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  just blossom up inside us. And we pray all of this in your
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  loving name, Jesus, Amen.