Friday!

Proverbs!

Don't let loyalty and faithfulness leave you. Bind them on your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. 

Then you will find favor and approval in the eyes of God and humanity.

Proverbs 3:3-4 CEB

There are 2 key words here:

"checed"

Pronunciation: kheh'-sed

Definition: Lovingkindness, mercy, steadfast love, loyalty, faithfulness, goodness

"emeth"

Pronunciation: eh'-meth

Definition:

Truth, faithfulness, reliability, firmness

This Proverb invites us to bind to ourselves and to write deep within ourselves "checed" and "emeth":

Lovingkindness, 

mercy, 

steadfast love, 

loyalty, 

faithfulness, 

goodness, 

Truth, 

faithfulness, 

reliability, 

firmness.

In the Hebrew world these ideas are not separate from God and His character, His covenants, so when we want to understand what these things are we rely less on our own knowledge and experiences, and more on what our God reveals about Himself.

We see God who reaches out, stoops down, becomes small, washes feet, does miracles, loves people, who will go in search of the lost one, who's arms of grace and love and forgiveness are wide open...and as we see more and more of Him, it is His checed and emeth that is bound to us, written into the deepest parts of who we are...

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