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Who that has children would not want them to be happy children? 

Define happy. Okay.

3. Being especially well-adapted; felicitous: via happy – definition of happy by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia..

And I really like that word Felicitous.

1. Admirably suited; apt 2. Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style 3. Marked by happiness or good fortune  via felicitous – definition of felicitous by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia..

Who would not want offspring like that?! 

But how? How would we manage that? See verse 7. 

7 The righteous live a life of integrity; happy are their children after them.

First being a JESUS believer – having received the gift of YESHUA’s righteousness in exchange for our sins and thereafter live a life of integrity. That’s it! That’s all there is to it?

Yep. I think so. So why do we not have more happy children?  

It’s simple.

Simple does not mean easy! 

Oh to embrace the simple, hard work of living with integrity! 

Wish I had started this hard work earlier! How about you?  BUT the good news is as long as we are breathing, it’s not too late to begin!!! :)

Felicitous Friday to you my Friends!!

Day 171 of 2014, a day to give Thanks.

Kathie

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Proverbs 20 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

1 Wine is a mocker, strong liquor a rowdy; anyone led astray by it is unwise.
2 The dread of a king is like when a lion roars; he who makes him angry commits a life-threatening sin.
3 Avoiding quarrels brings a person honor; for any fool can explode in anger.
4 A lazy person won’t plow in winter; so at harvest-time, when he looks, there is nothing.
5 The heart’s real intentions are like deep water; but a person with discernment draws them out.
6 Most people announce that they show kindness, but who can find someone faithful [enough to do it]?
7 The righteous live a life of integrity; happy are their children after them.
8 The king seated on his judgment throne can winnow out all evil with his glance.
9 Who can say, “I have made my heart clean, I am cleansed from my sin”?
10 False weights and false measures — Adonai detests them both.
11 The character of even a child is known by how he acts, by whether his deeds are pure and right.
12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye — Adonai made them both.
13 If you love sleep, you will become poor; keep your eyes open, and you’ll have plenty of food.
14 “Really bad stuff!” says the buyer [to the seller]; then he goes off and brags [about his bargain].
15 A person may have gold and a wealth of pearls, but lips informed by knowledge are a precious jewel.
16 Seize his clothes, because he guaranteed a stranger’s loan;  take them as security for that unknown woman.
17 Food obtained by fraud may taste good, but later the mouth is full of gravel.
18 After consultation, plans succeed; so take wise advice when waging war.
19 A gossip goes around revealing secrets, so don’t get involved with a talkative person.
20 Whoever curses his father or mother — his lamp will go out in total darkness.
21 Possessions acquired quickly at first will not be blessed in the end.
22 Don’t say, “I’ll pay back evil for evil”; wait for Adonai to save you.
23 Adonai detests a double standard in weights, and false scales are not good.
24 A man’s steps are ordered by Adonai, so how can a person understand his own ways?
25 It is a snare to dedicate a gift to God rashly and reflect on the vows only afterwards.
26 A wise king winnows the wicked [from the righteous] and threshes them under the cartwheel.
27 The human spirit is a lamp of Adonai; it searches one’s inmost being.
28 Grace and truth preserve a king; with grace he upholds his throne.
29 The pride of the young is their strength; the dignity of the old is gray hair.
30 Blows that wound purge away evil, yes, beatings [cleanse] one’s inmost being.
via Proverbs 20 KJV;CJB – Wine is a mocker, strong drink is – Bible Gateway.
The Proverbs

Good Sense

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I am wondering how much good sense I have this morning. This is why.

 People with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.
via Proverbs 19 KJV;CJB – Better is the poor that walketh in his – Bible Gateway.

See what I mean? 

It makes good sense to be slow to anger. Okay. I get that. I’ve experienced that. I see the folly of fast out bursts of anger spewing words based on feelings and little facts. However, the verse does not end there. 

It is their glory to overlook an offense.  

Whoa!

Is it my glory to overlook an offense?  

My glory? Hmm. Defining glory gives insight. See HERE.

a state of extreme happiness or prosperity

There are other definitions but in my opinion they do not fit the context of this verse.  In my upbringing Glory goes to GOD alone. And rightly so!

My glory – a state of extreme happiness or prosperity (of soul) for me to overlook an offense. 

I can only say amen. ABBA, Your Word is true. And thank You, this helps. 

Overlooking the offense is to my benefit.

I will be remembering this — for practice purposes. :)

Day 170 of 2014, a day to give Thanks.

Kathie

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Proverbs 19 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
1 Better to be poor and live one’s life uprightly than engage in crooked speech, for such a one is a fool.
2 To act without knowing how you function is not good; and if you rush ahead, you will miss your goal.
3 A person’s own folly is what ruins his way, but he rages in his heart against Adonai.
4 Wealth brings in many friends, but the poor man loses the one friend he has.
5 A false witness will not go unpunished; whoever breathes out lies will not escape.
6 Many ask favors of a generous person — to a giver of gifts, everyone is a friend.
7 A poor man’s relatives all hate him; even more his friends stay away from him.
He may pursue them with entreaties, but they aren’t there to be found.
8 To acquire good sense is to love oneself; to treasure discernment is to prosper.
9 A false witness will not go unpunished; whoever breathes out lies will perish.
10 It isn’t fitting for a fool to live in luxury, and even less for a slave to govern princes.
11 People with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.
12 A king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A son who is a fool is his father’s ruin, and a nagging wife is like a leak that keeps dripping.
14 A house and wealth are inherited from ancestors, but a sensible wife is from Adonai.
15 Laziness makes people fall asleep, and an idle person will go hungry.
16 He who keeps a mitzvah keeps himself safe, but he who doesn’t care how he lives will die.
17 He who is kind to the poor is lending to Adonai; and he will repay him for his good deed.
18 Discipline your child while there is hope, but don’t get so angry that you kill him!
19 A violent-tempered person will be punished; if you try to save him from it, you make things worse.
20 Listen to advice, and accept discipline, so that in the end you will be wise.
21 One can devise many plans in one’s mind, but Adonai’s plan will prevail.
22 A man’s lust is his shame, and a poor man is better than a liar.
23 The fear of Adonai leads to life; one who has it is satisfied and rests untouched by evil.
24 The lazy person buries his hand in the dish but doesn’t even bother to bring it to his mouth.
25 If you strike a scorner, the simple will learn to act wisely;
if you reprove the intelligent, he will understand what you mean.
26 One who mistreats his father and evicts his mother is a son who brings them shame and disgrace.
27 My son, if you stop heeding discipline, you will stray from the principles of knowledge.
28 A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows wrongdoing.
29 Judgments are in store for scorners and blows for the backs of fools.
via Proverbs 19 KJV;CJB – Better is the poor that walketh in his – Bible Gateway.

 

Christian Living, KWT Paraphrasing, The Proverbs

What If?

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Reading Proverbs 4 today. Click HERE to read all 27 verses. Let me go off the grid a bit this morning. 

6 Don’t abandon [wisdom]; then she will preserve you; love her, and she will protect you.  7 The beginning of wisdom is: get wisdom! And along with all your getting, get insight!  8 Cherish her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will bring you honor;  9 she will give your head a garland of grace, bestow on you a crown of glory.”

via Proverbs 4 NASB;CJB – A Father’s Instruction – Hear, O – Bible Gateway.

The Father is giving instruction to the son, talking with him about wisdom. He uses words like she and her to describe wisdom. What if? What if this son, every son turned husband, were to make an application here and steadfastly stand by his bride, his wife,  to love, protect, cherish, and embrace her as the Father here instructs concerning wisdom — wouldn’t that be wisdom?!         :)

And Daughters, turned wives, we are not off the hook, would not we do well to do the same? 

Just saying . . . 

A couple more verses and I’m finished for today . . . I think.

13 Hold fast to discipline, don’t let it go; guard it, for it is your life.
24 Keep crooked speech out of your mouth, banish deceit from your lips.

via Proverbs 4 NASB;CJB – A Father’s Instruction – Hear, O – Bible Gateway.

All things good accomplished on this planet require DISCIPLINE.  Don’t let it go; guard it, for it is your life. How plain can it be?

Speech. For sure discipline is needed here, the Father said KEEP. How do we keep, if we do not discipline? Keep crooked speech out of your mouth. What is crooked speech? What do you think it is? How’s this for a description?:

crooked 

1. bent, angled or winding

2. set at an angle; not straight

3. deformed or contorted

4. dishonest or illegal

via crooked – definition of crooked by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia..

And to seal the deal BANISH deceit from your lips. Yep! that takes discipline. But obviously, the son (daughter) can do it or the Father would not command it.

Pretty simple, huh? this wisdom thing! What if? What if we obeyed?

Day 156 of 2014, a day to give Thanks.

Kathie

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Assurance - Promise, Christian Living, The Proverbs

Heart

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Thirty-five verses. Please give your heart to reading them. Even if you read as slowly as I do, you can read it in 3 minutes and 47 seconds.  Got 3 minutes and 47 seconds to do your heart good? 

Proverbs 3:
1 My son, don’t forget my teaching, keep my commands in your heart; 
2 for they will add to you many days, years of life and peace. 
3 Do not let grace and truth leave you — bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. 
4 Then you will win favor and esteem in the sight of God and of people.
 5 Trust in Adonai with all your heart; do not rely on your own understanding. 
6 In all your ways acknowledge him; then he will level your paths. 
7 Don’t be conceited about your own wisdom; but fear Adonai, and turn from evil. 
8 This will bring health to your body and give strength to your bones. 
9 Honor Adonai with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your income. 
10 Then your granaries will be filled and your vats overflow with new wine. 
11 My son, don’t despise Adonai’s discipline or resent his reproof; 
12 for Adonai corrects those he loves like a father who delights in his son. 
13 Happy the person who finds wisdom, the person who acquires understanding; 
14 for her profit exceeds that of silver, gaining her is better than gold, 
15 she is more precious than pearls — nothing you want can compare with her. 
16 Long life is in her right hand, riches and honor in her left. 
17 Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. 
18 She is a tree of life to those who grasp her; whoever holds fast to her will be made happy. 
19 Adonai by wisdom founded the earth, by understanding he established the heavens, 
20 by his knowledge the deep [springs] burst open and the dew condenses from the sky. 
21 My son, don’t let these slip from your sight; preserve common sense and discretion; 
22 they will be life for your being and grace for your neck. 
23 Then you will walk your way securely, without hurting your foot. 
24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. 
25 Don’t be afraid of sudden terror or destruction caused by the wicked, when it comes; 
26 for you can rely on Adonai; he will keep your foot from being caught in a trap. 
27 Don’t withhold good from someone entitled to it when you have in hand the power to do it. 
28 Don’t tell your neighbor, “Go away! Come another time; I’ll give it to you tomorrow,” when you have it now. 
29 Don’t plan harm against your neighbor who lives beside you trustingly. 
30 Don’t quarrel with someone for no reason, if he has done you no harm. 
31 Don’t envy a man of violence, don’t choose any of his ways; 
32 for the perverse is an abomination to Adonai, but he shares his secret counsel with the upright. 
33 Adonai’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous. 
34 The scornful he scorns, but gives grace to the humble. 
35 The wise win honor, but fools win shame.

via Proverbs 3 KJV;CJB – My son, forget not my law; but let – Bible Gateway.

Did you know if you key the word heart into the search window at BibleGateway dot com you will find 884 references in the KJV? See HERE.

Did you know keys to health and wealth are revealed in this Proverb?

Did you know a blueprint for soul satisfaction and fulfillment is drawn in this Proverb?

Did you know this Proverb sets forth an assurance that terror and destruction will come to us on this planet BUT there is a sure way through it?

Did you know guidelines to lending and borrowing are given in this Proverb? 

Did you know heeding Proverbs 3 will cure our financial woes even in THIS economy? 

Did you know Proverbs 3 is a gold mine with your name on it and you can collect its nuggets freely?

Me either! But I do now.

Day 155 of 2014, a day to give Thanks.

Kathie

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