Happy Tuesday everyone! I've got to acknowledge Kansas for winning the NCAA basketball championship last night. It was a very exciting game. Memphis had the lead toward the end of regulation, but choked when it came to shooting free throws. (OUCH!) Kansas took advantage of the opportunity and tied the game to force it into overtime. They then profited from their momentum in overtime and won the game.
It's raining again. Imagine that! This has been one of the wettest years I can ever remember. It will make for some good floating in a couple of weeks. Although, right now I could float down the ditch and have a pretty fun trip.
Alright, to chapter 8. These 36 verses speak again of wisdom and our need for it to truly live a life worth living. Verse 4 declares that wisdom "calls out" and "raises her voice to all mankind." That means wisdom is available to anyone who will seek after it. Verse 32-35 discloses the promise of blessing to those who find it, "whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord." What a position to be in, in the favor of God.
Another verse worth noting is verse 13. "To fear the Lord is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way, and the perverted mouth, I hate." The "fear of the Lord" was previously mentioned in chapter 1 and this verse continues the thought what that means. The Full Life Study Bible comments on this verse this way, "A deep sense of awe and reverence for God and his right judgements should cause us not only to avoid evil, but to hate whatever displeases God and destroys people's lives."
May you live your life in the favor of God seeking after wisdom. May you hate the evils of this world that seek to consume the compromising and dispel the dreamers.
It's raining again. Imagine that! This has been one of the wettest years I can ever remember. It will make for some good floating in a couple of weeks. Although, right now I could float down the ditch and have a pretty fun trip.
Alright, to chapter 8. These 36 verses speak again of wisdom and our need for it to truly live a life worth living. Verse 4 declares that wisdom "calls out" and "raises her voice to all mankind." That means wisdom is available to anyone who will seek after it. Verse 32-35 discloses the promise of blessing to those who find it, "whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord." What a position to be in, in the favor of God.
Another verse worth noting is verse 13. "To fear the Lord is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way, and the perverted mouth, I hate." The "fear of the Lord" was previously mentioned in chapter 1 and this verse continues the thought what that means. The Full Life Study Bible comments on this verse this way, "A deep sense of awe and reverence for God and his right judgements should cause us not only to avoid evil, but to hate whatever displeases God and destroys people's lives."
May you live your life in the favor of God seeking after wisdom. May you hate the evils of this world that seek to consume the compromising and dispel the dreamers.
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