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October 31 - Proverbs 17:22-28 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Friday, it's the last day
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  of October. I'm so grateful that you have
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  carved out this moment in your day as the weekend knocks on the
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  door, beckoning you into hopefully some R&R.
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  Here we are on this last day, ready to open up Proverbs.
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  And as usual, we're going to read through a handful of
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  proverbs, pause, read them again, and then reflect on one
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  of them through prayer. And if you are anything like me,
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  it is hard to unwrap all the goodness of even just this
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  handful of proverbs at the same time.
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  So maybe you might like to come back to it later through the day
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  and unwrap them one at a time, reflecting on them.
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  I'll leave that to you and what your Friday looks like.
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  But for now, Holy Spirit, thank you for this wisdom.
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  Shape us to be more like you, to be more your Kingdom people by
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  what we read today. All right, friends, let's read
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  together Proverbs 1722 to 28. A cheerful heart is good
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  medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person's strength.
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  The wicked takes secret bribes to pervert the course of
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  justice. Sensible people keep their eyes
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  glued on wisdom, but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the
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  earth. Foolish children bring grief to
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  their father and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.
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  It is wrong to punish the godly for being good or to flog
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  leaders for being honest. A truly wise person uses few
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  words. A person with understanding is
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  even tempered. Even fools are thought wise when
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  they keep silent with their mouths shut.
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  They seem intelligent. And again, a cheerful heart is
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  good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person's strength.
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  The wicked takes secret bribes to pervert the course of
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  justice. Sensible people keep their eyes
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  glued on wisdom, but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the
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  earth. Foolish children bring grief to
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  their father and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.
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  It is wrong to punish the godly for being good or to flog
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  leaders for being honest. A truly wise person uses few
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  words. A person with understanding is
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  even tempered. Even fools are thought wise.
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  When they keep silent with their mouths shut, they seem
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  intelligent. Thank you for this wisdom shared
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  through the ages to us. And the very first proverb in
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  this reading talks about a cheerful heart being good
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  medicine, but a broken spirit sapping a person's strength.
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  My Lord, you know we live in a world that tells us to work
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  harder, to dig deeper, to grit our teeth and get it done.
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  And yes, you are a God who wants us to be productive people.
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  But more than that, you want us to be people who are able to
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  live live gloriously full and rich lives, knowing who we are
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  in You. And how can our response be
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  anything other than joy and gratitude?
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  When we, the beloved children of the living God, stop to reflect
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  on who we are, Our Lord give us grateful, cheerful hearts that
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  as we move through the days, we can do so with the spring in our
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  step and a smile on our face. Knowing, knowing full well that
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  you have won the battle and we are walking through your
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  victory. And that no matter what goes
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  down this day, that you hold us and draw US ever closer to that
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  glorious eternity that we will spend with you.
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  Help us not try to boister our strength with grim
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  determination, but always rest in you the joy and the peace
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  that we can find in your glorious embrace, our wonderful,
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  kind and generous Father. Ah, how grateful we are.
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  Let that always be right here, resting lightly in our hearts,
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  sparing us forward with joy, and dare I say it, with cheer.
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  We love you and we thank you, and we pray all of this in your
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  name, Jesus, Amen.