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Proverbs 3
3My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: 2 For length of days, and long [1] life, and peace, shall they add to thee. 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: 4 So shalt thou find favour and good [2] understanding in the sight of God and man. 5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. 8 It shall be health [3] to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. 9 Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. 11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. 14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. 19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established [4] the heavens. 20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. 23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. 24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. 26 For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. 29 Devise [5] not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. 31 Envy thou not the oppressor, [6] and choose none of his ways. 32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous. 33 The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Tonight I had been filled with unrest. I wanted to write something out to clear up my thoughts but...there was no loose string to pull on. I was in a blank state where there was nothing specific in my mind yet I am troubled.
For the past two days, I've been observing a lot of troubling things and at the same time thinking to myself, am I the one who's not getting it? I was baffled at the choices people made about how they interact with others, or the direction they wanted for their life, or the very intention they had for the things they did. Also, I was being troubled by some information I found on the internet. I found lies being told, rumors being spread, hostility where it is not needed, and just people judging whoever they felt like judging just because they could.
There are so many little things in the world that I never thought of before and now that I have seen it, I struggled to find the logic. But there were too many things, too many questions......so many that I couldn't hear my own heart nor the Holy Spirit.
So, when you're lost, what do you do? Well, of course, you know what I do. I open the Bible~ But I can't find my Bible at the moment so I decided to take a chance randomly searching for a verse in the Internet. Curtly praying for a Bible verse, I typed in "Bible Verse".
I found the perfect one.
Proverbs 3:34
He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble.
Which is like telling me, "those people tryin'a bring other people down are just mockers. They're as unimportant as how they make others feel. You don't have to bend to their twisted visions of what you should be. Just be humble, and He'll take care of everything."
So one of my "Confusion" topics got answered. But something told me to click further and it lead to the whole chapter of Proverbs 3 and I found that ALL of my "Confusion" Topics got answered right away! Praise God for setting my troubles to rest!
Proverbs 3:25-26
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
He's really so amazing.
About my ambitious Faith goals, He told me:
Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
About my weaknesses and wondering if I should bend to the ways of the world:
Proverbs 3:9
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase
Proverbs 3:31-32
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
About my hesitance to help a few people:
Proverbs 3:27
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
I'm not kidding when I tell you that the Bible is God's way of speaking to you. I'm definitely not saying it to try to impose my personal beliefs upon you.
You know when you're extremely happy, you can't help but want to make other people happy too? That's how I feel when I write these things, or tell my friends about God's grace. I just want to share my joy. God has given me an abundance of it and I won't be able to consume all of it even if I live for a hundred more years!
God bless you all~ :) Tonight I have been given the rest I much needed.
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