Don't waste your breath on fools, for they
will despise the wisest advice. Proverbs 23:9
Have you ever loathed getting good
advice…wise advice…from someone? Sometimes it is kind of hard to take advice
from someone—sort of humbling or maybe even humiliating if done in front of
others. But did you feel like you’d been foolish? Likewise, have you ever tried to give someone
what you considered wise advice—maybe even shared some relevant scripture—and they
just refused to listen? Solomon is telling us here not to waste our breath on
such foolish people. Your advice wasn’t foolish—but the ears that it was
falling on were foolish.
When I think about breath, I think of the
breath of God giving Adam life. Then the
LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of
life into the man's nostrils, and the man became a living person. Genesis
2:7. I’m glad that God didn’t consider His breath wasteful when it came to
giving humans life—I think that was the beginning of spiritual life. All the
other animals God created breathed without God’s breath of life…so the human
life is separate, unique and of a spiritual dimension since we are created in
God’s image (Genesis 1:26). Is the breath you might “waste” on fools of a
spiritual nature? It seems that fools are those who don’t want anything to do
with spiritual advice. Pray for them.
Prayer
~ Heavenly Father, we are in awe of Your plan for creation, Your breath of
life, and Your plan for a future that we will have with You…if we believe in
Your Son as our savior…our Messiah. Give wisdom and insight to all who read
this so that they would believe and then share this wisdom with others. May
their eyes, ears and hearts be opened to hearing and understanding You, dear
God. Heaven will be filled with Your gloriously wise believers—there won’t be
any fools among them.
Friday’s
Feast at the King’s Table
Spring weather brings changes in the air
pressure that cause those with arthritis—inflamed joints—to suffer pain. Here’s
a little smoothie drink that just might help. It is tasty enough for everyone.
Healthy, too.
Pineapple
Smoothie
½ large fresh pineapple, including the core
2 celery stalks, chopped
2 Tbsp celeric (celery root), chopped
1 inch piece of fresh ginger root, peeled
and grated or finely chopped
Place all the ingredients into a blender
and blend until smooth. You may want to add a small amount of water, or you can
eat it with a spoon instead of drinking it. For increased immune benefit add a
handful of goji berries, soaked, to the blender.
© 2016 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT)
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