Friday!

Proverbs!

A poor person who oppresses the poor is like a pounding rain that destroys the crops.

Proverbs 28:3 NLT

We don't have to look far to see the devastation that floodwaters cause to crops. I've driven up the Esk Valley in Hawkes Bay and the metre of silt still covering some crops is heartbreaking. 

I have no idea how long it will take or how much investment to make that land productive again. 

And that's the picture this proverb uses to tell us about the impact of oppression. 

Oppression smothers everything. 

While the person with power might seem better off, they really are not, as flooded land with destroyed crops is not a picture of flourishing, of shalom. 

Proverbs are here not to use as weapons on others, but to prise open parts of our own hearts...so I'm left with the question of where in my life am I the oppressor? 

When I consider who to vote for this election, when I make choices about...well anything really. 

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