My Reflections

Bound By Our Own Sin

Take UP Your Cross

Prompt:
Proverbs 5:21-22
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

I was reading in Proverbs recently, and ran across these verses. I found them interesting. What do you think they mean?

Answer:
Wow! His own iniquity binds him. His sins are compared to binding cords. This brings new meaning to Jesus setting the captives free. So many times we don't want to give up our sin. It is our own sin that is keeping us bound. God sees everything that goes on. He gave us a way to freedom, but we have to be willing to embrace and accept it.

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PROMPT May 15th

Many fairy tales are often based in truth. Research the true story behind your favorite fairy tale and share it with your readers. What lesson or warning was the tale trying to impart?

https://owlcation.com/humanities/goldilocks-and-three-bears

This went in circles but was quite interesting. I had no idea. It turns out Goldilocks had quite an evolution. She started out as a fox, a female fox (old vixen), then evolved into an old lady with silver hair, possibly representing a witch, then she evolved again into a small child with golden hair. 🤔

There were always 3 bears, but they weren't always a family or civilized. They must have been originally 3 bachelors. They were horrible house keepers, primative. I am a little confused here about what came first. The “vixen”originally came in the rob the 3 bears. Then somehow Goldilocks as a little girl came in and tidied up. Either way, the Goldilocks whoever she was ended up sleeping in the smallest bear’s bed. When caught, she supposedly escaped through the window.

I am not sure what the moral of the story is. Maybe it is that stealing is still stealing rather the door is locked or not. 🤷‍♀️ I will admit that this was an interesting subject.
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Feasting On The Word of God   (E) This is for a Bible study group. #2245217 by Marvelous Friend

Current study: "Armor of God - Praying Always " 

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Are you in the need for prayer? Let us know here and we will pray for you.

SURVEY

Open Door To Grace Prayer Hot Line  (E) Do you want prayer? Ask for it here! All requests are confidential. #1372909 by Marvelous Friend

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Poetry Topic of the Month Contest  (13+) Win Exclusive MBs. It ends at midnight at the end of each month. Suggest the topic. #2216416 by Shar's Holly Jolly Expressions

May topics: Mother's Day, Military Appreciation Month, and Mental Health awareness.

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Gratitude List

1. Military men and women
2. Freedom
3. USA
4. Flags
5. Memorials
6. Veterans
7. Democracy
8. Patriotism
9. The variety of jobs the military offers
10. All branches of our military

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A limo just arrived at your door for your use Where are you going? Who would you take with you?

I would definitely be taking my best friend with me. I don't know where we would go right off the top of my head. Maybe we could go have a fancy dinner somewhere and then go sightseeing in luxury.
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I will be returning and commenting again by the first of the week. I just got word today that three of the assignments I had were nixed. So I have one one page paper to write and a book review. Then I am done for this eight weeks!

During my victory celebration tonight I saw the beautiful (user:bray2015} out my port viewer. She was shining bright with

Thanks to a Soldier  (ASR) To soldiers everywhere on Veteran's Day 2017 #2140456 by Rhoswen - Relentless Victory

, a tribute to veterans. I don't know about you, but my hat is off to anybody who defends their country. What do you think?

I appreciate the men an women who serve to give me my freedoms. In fact I wrote a poem today.

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Armed Forces Day Tribute   (E) Tribute to our military on this Armed Forces Day 2021 #2250495 by Marvelous Friend

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Write a weather forecast for your day tomorrow.

Hmm! Do you want a real one or an imaginary one?

Real one: high temperature of 72 degrees F with scattered thunderstorms.

Imaginary one: A high chance of sarcasm with the monthly flood.

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Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum  (E) This is the forum where blog prompts will be posted for the Blogging Circle of Friends. #1901904 by Lyn's a Witchy Woman