(Prayer: Lord, help me to apply all this to myself, rather than thinking reflexively about ‘who else should take note of this’. For your glory. Amen.).

(from Eugene Peterson’s The Message; excerpts from Proverbs 15):

A gentle response diffuses anger but a sharp tongue kindles a temper-fire.

An intelligent person is always eager to take in more truth; fools feed on fast-food fads and fancies.

Better a bread crust shared in love than a slab of prime rib served in hate.

Prayerful answers come from God-loyal people; the wicked are sewers of abuse.

Amen.

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Shalom!

Rowland Croucher