Friday!

Proverbs!

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old. 

Buy - and do not sell - truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly, and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him. 

Let your father and mother have joy, and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.

Proverbs 23:22-25 CSB

The first part of this proverb has been used as a weapon to bring compliance to what parents want. But the core instruction here for both parent and child is to invest in 

truth, 

wisdom, 

instruction, understanding. 

The picture is to buy these things and hoard them, get as much as you possibly can, becuase this is where the real value is. 

Invest in truth.

Invest in wisdom.

Invest in instructions.

Invest in understanding.

The source of these things is much bigger and broader than our parents, as this is a call to both parents and children. 

And when that investment occurs, the relational things described here will happen. 

It may be that the choices and actions of others make the relationships pictured in this proverb impossible, or at best incredibly difficult, however the nudge here is to me, to consider what I am investing in.

Invest in truth.

Invest in wisdom.

Invest in instructions.

Invest in understanding.

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