“Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand” – Proverbs 8:1-2 Cult leaders build followings by designing mazes of hidden knowledge. A hooded figure beckons you into a hidden house,...
Keep Your Eyes on the Road
“Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure.” – Proverbs 4:25-26 “Look where you want to go” is an adage of motorcycle safety. If you hit some debris or a slick patch, and...
A steal of a deal
“‘Bad, Bad,’ says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.” – Proverbs 20:14 My struggle with buyer’s remorse grows worse with age. I used to not give a second thought to impulse purchases. Granted, that may be because they usually involved some combination...
Hard work pays
“Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.” – Proverbs 14:4 There’s an adage that if you want to find someone to do a job, look for the busiest people. The underlying principle is that the people who have the...
Wisdom is like a sherpa
“Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path; for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul” – Proverbs 2:9-10 If life is a journey, wisdom is your sherpa. We often use navigation terms to describe...
Don’t trust your gut
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. - Prov 14:12 I’ve always had a poor sense of direction. I remember pre-GPS days, when I would sit at a stop sign. I would just stare at the intersection, and force my brain to try to think...