Friday!

Proverbs!

I went by the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of one lacking sense. 

Thistles had come up everywhere, 

weeds covered the ground, 

and the stone wall was ruined. 

I saw, 

and took it to heart; 

I looked, 

and received instruction:

Proverbs 24:30-32 CSB

Before we look at the "instruction" the author got, what do you see?

A field that belongs to someone. Someone known to be lazy.

A vineyard that has an owner. Someone known to make poor choices. 

Yet they still have these resources. 

Something was growing there. Just not good things. 

Thistles and weeds. 

Nothing wrong with the soil or the climate.

The wall, the stone wall, the defence for the property had been built but was now ruined. 

The writer didn't just look and make a judgement, but took it to heart, considered what was going on and got instruction from somewhere...from their own heart? 

Or somewhere else?

Who had built the wall?

Who had planted the vineyard?

A few Friday mysteries!

What if the writer is using the field and the vineyard as an analogy, a picture of something deeper?

What if the field & vineyard & wall represents something else?

Our mind?

Heart?

Values?

Boundaries?

Choices?

Where am I letting the weeds grow?

Where am I lacking sense?

A few more Friday mysteries!

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