Category: Work
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The Joy of Work – Proverbs 20
My friend John, an 80-plus-year-old, climbed two rungs up the step-ladder, making me a little nervous. He carefully set the palm-sized apples he found higher up in his tree in the bucket and chuckled at my comments about his safety. I have arthritis to remind me that I’m not a young woman anymore, but being…
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A Woman’s Toughest Job – Proverbs 14
Building and maintaining healthy family relationships might be the hardest job I’ve ever had, but I’ll never regret taking it on. “The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down” (Proverbs 14:1 NIV). When I approached the scene of an accident near Junction City several years ago,…
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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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Get Ready to Build Your House – Proverbs 24
The proverb I found for today, January 24, makes me think of my ancestors coming to the Northwest during the 1800s in a covered wagon to start a new life. They followed this principle. “Finish your outdoor work and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.” Proverbs 24:27 NIV It only makes sense, after all.…
