I spent this morning working on the ABC website, and this afternoon I helped Bob go through a bunch of old irrigation pipe we had laying around. I have to say I’m dissapointed with myself. One afternoon of real work, my hands are all sliced open, and I think I sun burned my face. Sitting in an office all winter is most certainly bad for me. Oh yeah, and now I’m really tired.
Psalm 60:11-12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
Proverbs 23:9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
This goes in the same vein of not casting your pearls before swine. More importantly, am I the fool or the one despised?
23:10-11 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
That last part seems so plain, so boring and unimportant. How scary will that be, when God comes and sticks up for the orphans and the widows? What could I possibly say in my defense?
23:22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Even as an adult I need to listen to, respect, and care for my parents.
23:23 By the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
I just thought it is a neat illustration of how valuable those things are.