Proverbs

Pr. 22: 6 Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.


A couple of times in my life I've had arguments over this verse...in my head. I was too chicken to say it out loud. And a couple times I have discussed with friends the question of whether or not it's right to say "if the child doesn't come out well, the parents didn't train him/raise him right." Some would say, of course that is too simplistic, there are other factors involved, but others would say that a literal interpretation of the Bible is


It seems that if we take everything
According to Prov 21:9 if your wife is quarrelsome you should move out. (Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. )


17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will never be rich.
prov 21:17, has been provedn wrong hasn't it? There are ppl who love pleasure and wine and oil and are rich, not poor.
Pr. 22:4 Humility and the fear of the Lord
bring wealth and honor and life.
Does this mean that someone who has very little wealth or very little honor has very little humility or fears the Lord only a little?


Pr. 22:5 In the paths of the wicked lie thorns and snares, but he who guards his soul stays far from them.
- I think one young friend I talked to this week has been led to believe that this verse should be taken as a promise to bank on, because of his reaction to this news. Our friends' son, Josh, fell off the roof of a 22 foot high building and we were praying, even fasting for a day, for his recovery, at first afraid that he would die, then worried about brain damage and handicaps. So on Friday when I told this friend how excited and amazed we were that God healed Josh and we had seen him up walking, talking and using the computer, his reaction surprised me. I had told him that Josh was a faithful Christian, so the young man said, “Oh, well, he belongs to God, so God wouldn't have let anything happen to him.” In response, I told him about how one of my students at school had asked as soon as he heard about the fall. “If Josh is such a good Christian, why did God let him fall?”

Praises #154- 158

Still trying to "catch up" on recording the praises/answers to prayer from recent weeks...

#158 We were praying for a place to stay in the Newtown, PA area for our summer Home Ministry and our friends offered us their nice brand new (getting) finished basement AND Davisville Church offered us the missionary house in Southampton for August.

#157 - My sisters, brothers & their wives & husbands are taking good care of my mother--taking her to the doctors, visiting with her, making sure she has everything she needs. I really appreciate them.

#156 - 30 faithful supporters and 4 faithful supporting churches all gave generously this month so that we could be here. We are very thankful to God and all these faithful people...if you're reading this..."thank you!"

#155 There has been reconciliation between a daughter & her parents, something I've been praying for

If you don't know what this "50,000 praises" is about, see my April 13, 2008 blog entry on it.

Praises #141 - #154

#154 - I recovered from the stomach virus.
#153 - Our friends' son, Josh Brumley, survived a fall from 22 feet with no serious injuries!
#152 -My sister Beth called me to say "hi" and it was while I was sick, so it really cheered me up.
#151 -Richard got over the stomach virus he had at the end of his trip.
#150 - Richard was able to see doctors he needed to see in Pennsylvania.
#149 - Another friend has helped us out a lot managing one of our townhouses.
#148 -A friend did work for free on one of the townhouses we own.
#147 -Almost all the money has come in for Joy's Student Council trip to the LEAD conference in Chicago.
#146 - Richard got back safely from his trip to South Africa & Pennsylvania.
#145 - 2 college students are interested in doing internships with us here this year.

#144 - One of the participants in the medical missions trip Joy went on, to Ile A Vache, sent a note to our Pastor here about how impressed he and the others were with Joy. "She personifies all that is right with young people."

#143 - Cheri Kay's adoption of Geryce & Ecrissa was completed! (after about 2 1/2 years of prayer)
#142 - Joy and Ricky participated in the Youth Sunday service at church and it went very well. When Joy led the worship it seemed like confirmation that God would want her to cotinue to use this gift and not just focus on medical missions alone. People were amazed at how comfortable she was in front of the church, how well she can communicate and lead people to worship. One of the songs that really meant a lot was "God of This City" by Chris Tomlin. It seemed like everyone was really drawn in to worship God and pray for Port-au-Prince.

#141 - Joy got accepted to Widener's Honors College and was offered excellent scholarships from Widener U and Eastern U (both in Philadelphia)