A person with good sense does not gossip; your soul is nourished when you are kind.
12 Stupid
people say bad things about their neighbors.[a] Wise people know to be
quiet.
13 People
who tell secrets about others cannot be trusted. Those who can be trusted keep
quiet.
Oh my word to not be this person. To hold our tongue and speak life to others.
When we have a check in Spirit to not spread stories. To not disguise gossip
through the thin guise of prayer. To not
listen to the words as they tumble out of another’s mouth. To not ask to hear the gossip. I have been tested in this area as of late. I
always tell my kids that if I am not part of the problem, or the solution---I don’t
have to know anything about it- certainly, not, dirty little details!!! We have
a service of love to those that we walk with to use our mouths to honor and edify,
to use our ears to hear life and encouragement. To protect our eyes and ears from
slander and to keep our mouths in prayer, rather than judgement, Lord this we pray!
14 A
nation without wise leaders will fall. Many good advisors make a nation safe.
Amen and amen. I don’t know what is happening in our world
and in our political system. When mockery,
slander, disrespect, fighting and crude vulgarity are acceptable as we search
for a candidate to become the leader of the free world – I am shocked and
aghast – embarrasses and amazed. I am
disgusted. Prayer is what we need to
save our country. Abraham begged God, “If
there are 5 righteous, Lord, you wouldn’t
destroy the city will you? It is time
for us, as a church to pray that God’s hand is not lifted for the US and that
His grace and sovereignty continue on in the US. Over on the Ning site, we are
working on a prayer vigil that will go through the elections –so that we can
join other prayer warriors across the nation to pray for our country and its
leader. Remember that you can check out
the Ning site, a free creative community at: http://www.praiseheart.ning.com,
this vigil is being set up and will live in the “Praying in Color” group.
15 You
will be sorry if you promise to pay a stranger’s debt. Refuse to make such
promises and you will be safe.
16 A
kind and gentle woman gains respect, but violent men gain only wealth.
I love this violent men gain ONLY
wealth- so here you see that some people are so poor, all they have is
money. God’s economy is not the worlds
economy. He has a whole different system
that rests on His Son- Jesus Christ. As we enter into relationship with our
Jesus – we change. We are made into new creatures. We are adopted into the
family of God . We area prince and princesses.
Sometimes princesses get their water turned off because there isn’t enough
money, but that princes inhabits the Spirit of God within her frame and is
blessed beyond compare by what she houses- rather than the house that she
resides in.
17 People
who are kind will be rewarded for their kindness, but cruel people will be
rewarded with trouble.
18 The
work of evil people is all lies, but those who do right will receive a good
reward.[b]
19 People
who do what is right are on their way to life, but those who always want to do
wrong are on their way to death.
20 The
Lord hates those who love to do
evil, but he is pleased with those who try to do right.
21 The
truth is, evil people will be punished, and good people will be set free.
I have talked about this a lot this
study –I always imagined that this meant that I would see the demise of evil
people. Most times we don’t see the actual punishment- for all intents and
purposes . But God. We can’t judge the heart of a man and what they are walking
through. We don’t know what kind of hell
they are living through internally. We cant see the effect that sin has waged
on their soul, on their happiness, on their joy and peace. When we sin we separate from God. When we
live a lifestyle of sin, we are choosing a lifestyle that is separated from God. That would be punishment enough for me….think
of it, no fruits of the Spirit, no gifts of the Spirit. No Hope, as Romans
15:13 tells us that God is the source of Hope-----yes, this is the ultimate
punishment---à
the absence of God.
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