PlayNtheGray

                The Book of Proverbs doesn’t make for a awe-inspiring bedtime story but I like it…a lot. Its clever and “quipy”; like listening to the “not so random” random nuggets of truth from the wrinkled lips of your possibly senile granpa. Some of the things he says don’t make complete sense at first. He can see this quizzical look in your eyes but he just winks and says, “you’ll get it when you get home”. You want to ask him to elaborate but you probably would be better off  ignorant of the seedy tale that lies behind his wisdom. It may reveal that Grandpa is not as sweet and feeble as his old body shows him to be. He has lived and lived to tell it. 
               Truth be told “If you always do what you always did, you’ll always get what you always got” (Proverb brought to you by Mom’s Mabley) I love this piece of advice found in Prov. 4:7 that says, “The beginning of wisdom is this: Get Wisdom and whatever else you get, get insight. The idea of “getting wisdom” is curious to me. Wisdom seems come with life’s experience. It’s like going on a blind date with twin sisters, Wisdom and Folly. Which one will you pick? What man wouldn’t want the seductress who’s gonna give it up at the end of the night? I’m betting that grandpa has dated her more than a few times. Solomon (and friends) say to choose Wisdom, she is good to you and faithfully tried and true. That vixen Folly is just no good. I wonder if Solomon compares wisdom and folly to woman because of his involvement with women or because of his dad or both. I guess you wax poetically on what you know best. The whole Book sounds like an assortment of journal excerpts full of non-sequitors.. I like that…Unfortunately, I journal and write like that and it is the death of me when Dr. Jacober has her red-inked axe in hand.
                                                                                                    PReGuNTaS
1. Is there more behind the idea of “the fear of the Lord” other than a reverent awe and respect?
2. Who are King Lemuel (and his mother) and Agur?
                                                                                                       SoMe fAvs
“Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman without good sense “11:22~good one

“Those who till their land will have plenty of food, but those who follow worthless pursuits have no sense.” 12:11

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” 13:12

“The field of the poor may yield much food but it is swept away through injustice.” 13:23

“By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. “24:3&4 (Be nice if this was read before building the new Temple, or if our church planters and missionaries read this)

“Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence or stand in the place of the great for it is better to be told, “Come up here,” than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.” 25:6-7

“Doing wrong is like a sport to a fool.” 10:23…never heard that before.