Friday!

Proverbs!

The wicked run away even though no one pursues them, 

but the righteous are as confident as a lion.

Proverbs 28:1 CEB

What's going on here?

What world is the writer of this proverb living in?

Perhaps it's a world where the truth is spoken.

Perhaps it's a world where justice is valued.

Perhaps it's a world where the oppressed stand.

Perhaps it's a world where the marginalised and oppressed are being set free, being lifted up, perhaps it's a world where power is shifting.

Perhaps it's a world where the conscience of the "wicked" is awakened and active. 

Perhaps the writer is thinking of my internal world, where both the "wicked" and the "righteous" reside, where the righteous part of me is empowered by Truth, is made righteous by Grace, and is as "confident as a lion". 

Grace and Truth make the "wicked" in me flee even though no one is pursuing.

Maybe it's a heart thing.

#proverbs

#wisdom

#somethingtochewon

#itsaheartthing