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Friday!
Proverbs!
A just king gives stability to his nation, 
but one who demands bribes destroys it.
Proverbs 29:4 NLT
We don't have to look far to find countries in the world where leaders have started out with good intentions to make things better for their people, but the insidious creep of power has corrupted them.
And then I wonder about me. 
Where have I let what I want become The Thing?
Where have I let what the world around me calls success become my value too? 
Who have I hurt along the way?
Or allowed to be hurt because of my drive for what I thought was good?
Proverbs is not a weapon to use against others but a mirror to allow us to see things in us that we might not otherwise discover.
Just like the "just King" in this proverb we all have power somewhere. This proverb reminds me that I'm just as prone to tweak things in my favour as a corrupted king.
It also reminds me that I follow The King who gave up His power to make a way for us. 
Because Love.
Because we are His Beloved. 
May we let God's Love be our guide to justice and wisdom especially in the places where we have power.
#Proverbs
#wisdom
#somethingtochewon
#itsaheartthing 

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