Proverbs 13-15

Day 170

More rain....a nice little 10 minute DOWPOUR yesterday......wasn't much but it was rain! :)

AND......I auditioned for "The Singing ChurchWomen of Oklahoma" last week and got an email saying that I get to sing with them!!!!  They are a Baptist group of women that do monthly concerts all over Oklahoma.  The group is so big that they divide the concerts to West and East.  I'm in the West group and then  they do one big concert together at the end of the season.  We'll have a retreat in September to learn all of the music, in one weekend, for the whole season.   Should be really fun.  There are 2 other women from my church that sing with them.  There are over 400 all together in the whole group.   Can't wait!!  This is their 20th year to be around.  They've gone on mission trips in the past....wonder if I can convince them to go to Guatemala....or at least somewhere Spanish speaking!!  :)  

Chapter 13   ....oooooooooh.....verse 3!  He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin!  Scripture makes countless references to the power people's words have to either bring blessing or pain to others as well as to themselves.  What comes out of people's mouths can heal and give life, or hurt and do harm.  The has the power of life and death (Prov. 18:21).

......the appetite of the lazy craves and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied...... (Jamie...are you reading this with me?!  hahaha).

......hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life........

Chapter 14  .......a wise woman builds her house.......but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down........

.....envy destroys.....

....truthful witness saves lives........

.....fear the Lord.......

.....patient man has great understanding.....

........a heart at peace gives life to the body.....

.....righteousness exalts a nation.......

Chapter 15    Sheol and Abaddon.....the same place and same state......destruction of the dead.

....a wise child makes a father glad.....

...the eyes of the Lord are everywhere....faith in God's presence shouldn't be doubted...although we do!  Solomon reminds us of a faith-enhancing truth: God is fully aware, every moment, of what is going on in the world He created...as well as in the heart of every person! 

God is on the throne!!!!!! AMEN!!!  

tomorrow:  16-18