May the mumbling commence!
Listen! Listen to your fathers and mothers in the
faith. They have valuable lessons to
teach. If only our ears were open and
willing to listen, learn, and do!
Read from Proverbs chapter
twenty-three:
Commit yourself to instruction; attune
your ears to hear words of knowledge. (Verse 12)
Be teachable. If you already “know” everything, you will
never learn. Read some more from chapter
twenty-three:
My child, how I will rejoice if
you become wise. (Verse 15)
Godly wisdom in our children of the
faith is always a cause for rejoicing.
So let’s give our spiritual leaders reasons to rejoice rather than
lament. Read some more from chapter
twenty-three:
Listen to your father, who gave you life, and don't
despise your mother's experience when she is old. Get the truth and don't ever sell it; also
get wisdom, discipline, and discernment. The father of godly children has cause for joy. What a pleasure it is to have wise
children. So give your parents joy! May she who
gave you birth be happy.
(Verses 22-25)
Happiness and contentment with
wisdom is contagious. Spread the joy to
all your spiritual fathers and mothers.
Joy in the wisdom of the Word, Jesus Christ, will make our joy
complete. Read from the introduction to
First John in chapter one:
The one who existed from the beginning is
the one we have heard and seen. We saw
him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is Jesus Christ, the Word of life. This one who is life from God was shown to
us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and announce to you that he is the one
who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was shown to us. We are telling you about what we ourselves have actually
seen and heard, so that you may have
fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son,
Jesus Christ.
We are writing these things so that our joy will be
complete. (Verses 1-4)
There is always room for more
converts to Christ. More people mean
more joy. And our joy in Christ will be
more complete with each new part of the Body of Christ.
May it be so! Amen and amen.
Enough mumbling for now…
Peace Out
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