Meditation: Joan Boney
Prov. 31:30 ... Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
... beauty is vain ...
- devoid of real worth
- empty
- without substance
Psa. 111:10 ... The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
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Meditation: Pam Padgett
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord
with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In
all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
acknowledge:
- to recognize the authority of
- to take notice of
Can sometimes get caught up in doing something, and start to rush past
what the Holy Spirit speaks to me about the matter ... not taking notice
of, and paying attention to,
the word brought to me by the Holy Spirit ... or
try to reason away a word given to me instead of turning to God in
prayer.
This almost happened recently when I wanted to put areas of rock in my
yard. Since I had enjoyed doing little projects like this in the past,
it was hard to stop and turn to God with thoughts that it would be too
hard for me and that "I just
can't do this". But when I stopped and turned to God, my way was
directed ... to have a landscape company do the work. This kept me from
getting into something that was too hard for me to do.
I acknowledge God when I turn to Him with matters I deal
with, seeking to do His will in each matter and trusting Him to help me, recognizing His authority and power to show me the way to go.
I also acknowledge God when I take notice of (pay attention to) the word brought to me
by the Holy Spirit, yielding myself and going in the way shown by that
word.