Wisdom in Correction

Lent – Day 28 – Only twelve more days in this forty days in Lent…and then Holy Week as we approach the cross with Jesus.

So don't bother correcting mockers; they will only hate you. But correct the wise, and they will love you. Proverbs 9:8

How do you feel about being corrected? It is a humiliating experience—but one from which you can grow and gain wisdom about God and about yourself.  

Have you ever had to correct someone else…other than your children or grandchildren? Mockers—those who ridicule and scoff anyone—will only reject any admonishment and the one providing the rectification. They’ve no respect for others or their advice. There is no use in even trying to correct them. Solomon says to not bother—but where there is hope, someone may come to the Lord. There is hope in the Lord…hope in wisdom. Do you have hope?  

Prayer ~ Lord, may we be accepting of correction—give us wisdom to see things as You do and be willing to change so that we live in a manner that is pleasing to You.

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