THURSDAY, March 6th, 2008

Proverbs 10:1-10

Pastor Lee:
This passage has a lot of great comparissons between the just and the foolish. The Just makes proud parents, the foolish breaks their parents heart. The Just will not be famished, they will always have what they need, while the wicked will have no substance. And I think the most powerful one is verse 7 where it says that whenever people remember a just person, they think good things, but whenever people remember a fool, the name of that person is like having a bag of rotton potatoes. (have you ever smelled rotten potatoes?? THEY SMELL AND LOOK HORRIBLE) So the question is: How do you want to be remembered? As a blessing or as a sack of rotten potatoes?

One last thought: Verses 4 and 5 are speaking about how foolish it is to be lazy. God says dont be Lazy, but be diligent! Dont procrastinate, but plan ahead! It makes life a lot easier, TRUST ME!

1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.