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Friday!
Proverbs!

[3] The Lord will not let the godly go hungry, 
but he refuses to satisfy the craving of the wicked. 
[4] Lazy people are soon poor; 
hard workers get rich. 
[5] A wise youth harvests in the summer, but one who sleeps during harvest is a disgrace.
Proverbs 10:3-5 NLT
So easy to use these Proverbs as weapons against others. If we start with the first one, well, God's people do go hungry, so it would seem that we're being invited into something deeper...
So if I turn this lens that Proverbs gives me inwards what questions does it invite?
The injustice that there are poor people?
Where is God when people who love Him are hungry?
Is there a harvest going on that I am sleeping through?
What are the "riches" that come to mind? Is this what God intends for me?
What are my cravings that God wouldn't want to satisfy?
As you read these Proverbs what jumps off the page for you?
Why?
What action is our God inviting you towards?
What deeper story does it invite you into?
#Proverbs 
#wisdom
#somethingtochewon #itsaheartthing #takethenextstep 

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