Friday!

Proverbs!

A lazy man's craving will kill him, 

because his hands refuse to work 

- he covets greedily all day long; 

but a righteous person gives without holding back.

Proverbs 21:25-26 CJB

Often this proverb is used as a weapon to get someone to work...but really it's about the heart, and how our desires can take over. 

When we want that thing above all else it affects our thinking all day...the thing we think will give us life actually doesn't because it's captured our heart. 

Maybe it's that "A" grade, that car/boat/house, that business, that measure of success.

Maybe it's that relationship, that baby, that desire for justice,  that "when this happens I'll be happy'.

Good things that can and do speak life, when they take over our hearts,  steal life.

And who or what is on the other side of this proverb?

The righteous person. 

And that person's heart is for others. 

Giving is all about others.

And in God's upsidedown kingdom this is where life is found, loving others.

This is where our faith finds expression, really comes to life.

Jesus is that righteous one who's love for us compelled him to give without holding back anything.

He asks us to simply follow him, so today, what desire has been stealing life?

And where do our hearts, where does my heart need a nudge in that others direction, to give, to love, to speak life?

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