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May 2 - Proverbs 12:8-14 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here and it is Friday.
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  You've made it to the end of another week.
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  It's the 2nd of May and we are coming together to crack open
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  this age old wisdom. Wisdom passed down from arguably
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  the wisest dude whoever did live.
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  Yes, King Solomon, who captured these so that you and I can be a
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  little bit smarter and we can know a little bit more precisely
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  how God actually wants us to live and how we can do this in a
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  wise, wise way. I'm all up for that because just
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  ask my wife, I can do with all the wisdom I can possibly get my
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  hands on. Yes.
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  So let us read together the next batch of proverbs as we read
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  together Proverbs 12/8 to 14. A sensible person wins
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  admiration, but a warped mind is despised.
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  A sensible person wins admiration, but a warped mind is
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  despised. Better to be an ordinary person
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  with a servant than to be self important but have no food.
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  Better to be an ordinary person with a servant than to be self
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  important but have no food. The godly care for their
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  animals, but the wicked are always cruel.
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  The godly care for their animals, but the wicked are
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  always cruel. A hard worker has plenty of
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  food, but a person who chases fantasies has no sense.
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  A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases
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  fantasies has no sense. Thieves are jealous of each
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  other's loot, but the godly are well rooted and bear their own
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  fruit. Thieves are jealous of each
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  other's loot, but the godly are well rooted and bear their own
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  fruit. The wicked are trapped by their
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  own words, but the godly escape such trouble.
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  The wicked are trapped by their own words, but the godly escape
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  such trouble. Wise words bring many benefits,
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  and hard work brings rewards. Wise words bring many benefits
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  and hard work brings rewards. Our father, thank you for your
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  wisdom. Thank you that you want to speak
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  into our lives today. All these thousands of years
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  after Solomon ruled and shared his wisdom with his people here
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  it is still applying to us. And Lord, we hear this one
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  proverb that says that those who follow you will care for their
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  animals. Not just our animals, Lord, but
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  those who live in your ways and follow you and your preference
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  for the world. Care for those without power,
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  for the vulnerable. Our Lord, help us to reflect who
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  in our lives are without agency? Who do we know who struggles to
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  have control over the elements that would push them this way or
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  that? Just like one of our animals
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  would be someone that even society may consider less
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  valuable than us. And Lord, prompt our hearts that
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  we would know how to uphold them, how to provide care for
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  them. That's inspired by you, Lord.
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  We don't want cruelty in our lives either cruelty that we
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  plan and execute, or cruelty from actions that we don't even
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  consider but are equally cruel to those who receive them.
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  Our Lord, make us people of your Kingdom who care for others,
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  particularly those without any opportunity to protect or care
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  for themselves, because we know that you cared for us when we
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  were lost and without any agency of our own.
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  Thank you for your care for us. We are so grateful and we just
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  praise you Jesus and pray all of this in your name, Amen.