Friday!

Proverbs!

Hear, 

children, 

fatherly instruction; 

pay attention to gain understanding.

I'll teach you well. 

Don't abandon my instruction. 

Proverbs 4:1-2 CEB 

As we listen to these Proverbs we're invited to hear them as fatherly instruction - for some that might be helpful as they had a Dad who was present, on their team, wanting the best for them, but for others their experience is quite different. 

So we have to use our imagination - imagine the heart of a great Dad who wants the best for you, giving the best of his wisdom and experience - and now listen.

The second thing that struck me from this little introduction in Ch4 is not to "abandon" his instruction. How easy in this world is it to move on, to find more voices that might seem more interesting, more relevant, more current than the ancient wisdom .

It's like an invitation to slow down, to mull over, to hold these things, spoken in love, with a heart for our thriving, and let them guide us along even when they might seem out of date, out of fashion, out of popularity.

Wisdom invites us to listen, to slow down, to allow understanding to seep in.

Maybe today there's somewhere we need to slow down.

#proverbs 

#wisdom

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