Friday!

Proverbs!

Don't desert your friend or a friend of your family; don't go to your relatives house when disaster strikes. Better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

Proverbs 27:10 CEB

Mmm interesting to read this in a world without air travel, without cars, where walking was the most available transport. 

A world where there was no internet, no ability to phone or connect with people who weren't your neighbour. 

20 years ago we lived in the highlands of PNG and that was most people's experience. So when disaster strikes, a flood, a drought, an accident, a death, no water, no food, an earthquake, illness...it's the people closest to you that count. 

The recent floods in Hawkes Bay took away transport and communication options in that region.

This proverb is about not abandoning those who you live with, work with, do life with, in favour of a relative who you may have little to do with. 

Our relational ties with people are important. 

It's who is close to us that matters most, not whether we're related or not. 

This proverb also encourages us to be that neighbour who cares for those around them. 

There's a wee bit to mull over here...

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