Friday!

Proverbs!

My child, 

listen to what I say, and treasure my commands.

Tune your ears to wisdom, 

and concentrate on understanding.

Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding.

Search for them as you would for silver; 

seek them like hidden treasures.

Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord, and you will gain knowledge of God.

Proverbs 2:1-5 NLT

Tune your ears.

Concentrate.

Cry out.

Ask.

Search.

Seek.

Wisdom and insight, understanding God, these things take more than turning up at church and listening to a sermon, more than glancing at a Bible verse on our way through breakfast.

This is couched in the language of invitation, of a good parent encouraging their child onto a path where they know is thriving and flourishing.

A path that may not seem as attractive as other options in the short term, but the path that every good parent would want for their child:

Insight.

Understanding.

We're invited to tune our ears...it's like going into the bush and listening for the birds tuning our ears, listening with intent at times, listening to understand, listening just for the joy and goodness of it.

And the more we listen, the more tuned our ears become.

The more we seek, ask, cry out and search, the more we will find...

#proverbs

#wisdom 

#somethingtochewon 

#itsaheartthing 

#weareinvited

#tuneyourears