The House You're Building

Have you ever done something dumb? I laugh internally as I type that thought because if you didn’t mentally acquiesce answer in the affirmative than you just made your first idiotic move.     Foolishness resides in our sin nature.  It is easily noticed character flaw that makes us differ from God.  Even at the thought level God is superior to us [1] .  To be foolish means to lack good sense or judgement; to act on a whim without thinking of the consequences.                  The wisest of women builds her house,                         but folly with her own hands tears it down.-Proverbs 14:1   My current lack of discernment was birthed by pride.  Earlier in the week, some friends that I send weekly devotionals to gave me a compliment on my ...

Sisters and Seekers, I logged onto the blog today after a long absence-I am now helping write for a local women's ministry and in this season of life, don't get to my blog as much as I want to.  Saw I had 18 readers from Israel this week!  Welcome and hope we can connect!  As always feel free to comment or send me a message...seeing women from all over the world access this content is such a blessing to me! So why the sudden break from my hiatus?  This teacher/mom/writer/daughter of God is home for day 3 of an unexpected winter storm.  Where I live in the Pacific Northwest, we typically get snow on our mountains and rain in the lowlands.  This winter has been a bit different.  We were getting 1-2 feet of snow over a few days time and the community services that treat our roads are just not ready to handle it.  That, along with freezing temps and meandering hills make the roads treacherous.  God has given me the gift of slowing down and th...

Hello friends, Are there any of you still out there?   I have been so busy creating studies for my own bible study that I haven’t had time to finish Proverbs.   I also decided to share on-line what my women’s group is doing, so I’ll be able to post more regularly for those of you who are doing the study and needing something more consistent.   With that said, I will be doing a super-sized post today to finish up Proverbs.   This post is not meant to be done in one sitting but in topical sections.   If you’ve been doing this study it’s the same process, read each verse, take notes on what you observe, summarize your learning in one or two sentences, and then journal about a verse that the Holy Spirit reveals to you as important.   That is a verse that when you are reading pops off the page; there may something inside you that feels inspired, curious, or emotionally attached to it.   That is the best way to describe what I feel when I am re...