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September is back to
school time. The reason we go to school is
to gain knowledge and wisdom. God has
given us a book of wisdom that provides
guidance for how to live our lives.
The book of Proverbs
is meant as a guideline for living. The
advice that is given is often true but not a
guarantee to occur. Proverbs 22:6 states "Train a
child in the way he should go, and when he is
old he will not turn from it." This is
what we should do but certainly there are some
children who were raised properly and end up
making poor decisions as adults.
We should consider
Proverbs to be "truisms" rather than absolute
truth. What is shared in Proverbs
will be true probably 95%-98% of the time.
When it doesn't hold true however it's not
because we failed or God failed.
Proverbs still
gives us better advice on living our lives than
any self help book or life coach. These
words are inspired by God and we can't do better
than to listen to what God advises us to do. |
