blog is a many splendored thing

This morning’s reading, Proverbs 7, contrasted living in wisdom (seeing things the way God sees them) and the way of the “strange woman” or the harlot.  A literal reading of the passage warns us against sexual sin and reminds us that people will try to deceive us and make us believe our sins are ok, and that no one will find out about them.  Have you found that to be the case in your life?  Do those who entice you to sin reason with you and tell you that it’s ok as long as you don’t get caught? Proverbs 4:7 (KJV) -  Wisdom is the principal thing;  therefore get wisdom:  and with all thy getting  get understanding.  But, the truth of the matter is that sin always has consequences.  We may not see those consequences immediately; but, in the long run, our sins will find us out and we will pay for them.  Proverbs 7:27 tells us that the harlot’s house is the way to hell, and will lead us into the chamber of death.  The harlo...

I suppose it is in all human nature – ok, I am human and it is my nature – to start something new with gusto and zeal and then I get tired, or run down, and I start slipping into my old ways.  It is so easy to make plans, to set goals, to gather supplies, and to get started.  It’s not in getting started I have a problem; it’s in sticking to that which I start. So it is with books, crafts, sewing, and other projects I’ve started…  I look around and I see dozens of projects started; but the finishing is nowhere in sight.  That isn’t good for me, it isn’t good for my sense of accomplishment, and it isn’t good for the clutter levels in our home. It’s not uncommon for me to have several books going all at the same time because I have started one, saw another with an interesting title, and others were recommended to me; unfortunately I may not make it back to the first book to ever get to “the good part”.   You know, life can be that way too!  If we don’...