Author: Kathy Sheldon Davis
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How I Control My Tongue – Proverbs 13
By the time we drove out of the parking lot of the Grant County Fairgrounds in John Day, Oregon yesterday my head was full of disorganized snippets of a thousand conversations. The information sharing at our first family reunion in more than twenty years had been intense. “From the fruit of their lips people enjoy…
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Too Lazy to Eat Pizza – Proverbs 12
Have you ever been hungry but were too lazy to take a bite of your pizza? Unless you were sick, that would probably never happen. Yet in Proverbs 12 I find references to a person who is just that lazy. “The lazy don’t roast their prey, but hard workers receive precious riches” (Proverbs 12:27 CEB).…
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Holy Drama Queen – Proverbs 11
Does a word ever occupy your mind – and then you end up having to look it up in the dictionary to give it a rest? It was that way with me this weekend. The word was arrogance, “showing an offensive attitude of superiority.” “When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom”…
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Wealth in Your Hands – Proverbs 10
We returned from Florida yesterday, and this morning I found the normally delicious fruit on our cherry tree was now squishy and moldy. I missed it – the peak time for harvesting! This didn’t surprise me, though. I’d made the choice to risk wasting the food because of the higher value I place on time…
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An Irresistible Invitation – Proverbs 9
Wisdom must be something we naturally resist. It’s advertised so often in the book of Proverbs, it makes me wonder. “Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars. She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table. She has sent out her servants, and she…
