Chris' Christian Blog

May 29, 2021

"Prompt: Proverbs 3:30-32 - 30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

What does this mean to you?

This is telling us not to be contentious in any situation. When others wrong us we are to remember that we have wronged God a lot worse and He forgave us immediately. Jesus tells us in Matthew 8:18 that we should not even offer prayer until we have made amends with anybody who wrongs us. Perhaps they will not accept our amends, but we are obligated to make them. We are not responsible for the actions of others. We make our amends. Perhaps they were completely in the wrong, but we are never completely innocent. Our part might be getting angry to begin with. We make amends for that tiny part. Most generally, the other person sees your action and they too accept their role, apologize for it, and the relationship is restored. It does not always work out this way, but it usually does. God is a God of relationships. He wants us to get along.

We stayed in the Nebula today looking at the new stars. Vaishali writes

Lonely Times  (E) A short optimistic poem. #2241632 by Vaishali

that discusses love and loneliness. Do you think there is someone for everyone? Why or why not?

Yes. I believe there are a lot of someone's for everyone. Isn't it odd that in a world 100,000 plus miles in diameter, and with a population of 7 billion people spread out over those miles, that Mr./Mrs. Right is usually found within 50 of those miles? That is because there are multiple matches for everybody out there.