Author Archives: L. Lyden

Walk with wise people He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.  Proverbs 13:20 Wow!  This is good news!  I can walk with wise people and be wise.  I need that, but how do I “walk” with wise people?  What if I don’t know any wiseContinue reading “May 13, 2020”

Right in their own eyes The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who heeds counsel is wise.        Proverbs 12:15 This verse reminds me of those who say they have their own reality.  That there is no absolute truth.  Those who would argue that truth is always dependent onContinue reading “May 12, 2020”

What is your reward?                                              If the righteous are rewarded here on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner?  Proverbs 11:31 This verse pretty much sums up chapter 11 of Proverbs.  It is all about the rewards of living according to God’s ways or the results of an ungodly life.  It starts out talkingContinue reading “May 11, 2020”

  Happy Mother’s Day! A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish child brings grief to their mother. Proverbs 10:1 Happy Mother’s Day!  Since its Mother’s Day, I thought it was fitting that the first verse in Proverbs 10 speaks about how children effect their mother and father.  Wise children make them gladContinue reading “May 10, 2020”

The beginning of wisdom “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.  For by Me (wisdom) your days will be multiplied, and years of life will be added to you. Do you fear the Lord?  Not afraid so you run and hide from Him.  The kind of fear I’m talkingContinue reading “May 9, 2020”

Wisdom has a voice Does not wisdom cry out, and understanding lift up her voice?  She takes her stand on the top of the high hill, beside the way, where the paths meet.  She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entrance of the doors: Wow!  I read thisContinue reading “May 8, 2020”

Flirting with the world Keep My commands and live, and My law as the apple of your eye.  Proverbs 7:2 I look at this verse as God speaking to me.  He says if I keep His commands I will live. Then He wants me to keep His ways as the apple of my eye orContinue reading “May 7, 2020”

True contentment These six things the Lord hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him Proverbs 6:16 As I went through the list of things that God hates, it was easy to look at them at face value and say.  “well, I don’t do those things. I’m doing pretty good.”  However, I believe the point of this scripture is not soContinue reading “May 6, 2020”

Avoid traps Remove your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house, I was on the verge of total ruin, in the midst of the assembly and congregation. Proverbs 5:8 & 14 I selected these two verses out of Proverbs 5.  The entire chapter is a warning against going afterContinue reading “May 5, 2020”

Promotion Exalt her (wisdom), and she (wisdom) will promote you; She (wisdom) will bring you honor, when you embrace her (wisdom).  Proverbs 4:8 Have you ever wanted a promotion?  Maybe at work, a position of authority or social standing of some kind?  Today’s verse teaches that promotion is found in the wisdom of God.  ProverbsContinue reading “May 4, 2020”