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Proverbs!

Trust in the LORD with all your heart; 
don't rely on your own intelligence.  
Proverbs 3:5 CEB
This word "intelligence" is "biynah"
Pronunciation: bee-NAH
Definition: Understanding, insight, discernment
It's about deeper meaning, deeper understanding, includes spiritual and moral understanding.
So this Proverb is gently challenging us about whether we can fully rely on our own spiritual and moral understanding, and that we can fully rely on God's.
I know that there's a part of me that thinks I'm infallible, always right, if I've thought it it must be right...maybe that's just me...
I can trust Yahweh.
Especially when my world doesn't make sense, when things feel in turmoil, when I can't see the next step, when it all seems too much, I can trust in Yahweh.
He has the Big Story.
He is enough to hold me and my story.
Proverbs is a mirror of and an insight into the workings of our hearts, and today's is also a pointer back to our source of hope and Life.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart.
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#trustinYahweh 

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