Chris' Christian Blog

October 8, 2020

"Prompt: Baby Yoda and I were cruising the galaxy and found this planet:

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Write about the days of your life and how this poem applies.

I think every day is somewhat different. Yes. We all have routines and those can get boring. However, most days have some variety, whether that variety is positive or negative. It is this variety that keeps us balanced. We say we don't like surprises yet each moment of our lives brings a new experience and in that sense a surprise.

"Chris has asked me to do the prompts on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. So I will be sending prompts the night before, tonight Wednesday I am sending the prompt for Thursday, Oct 8, 2020. I am hoping this is right.

What I thought I would do is take a book of the Bible and go thru it chapter by chapter. I really like Proverbs so thought I would start there. We will take it in sections and you all tell me what it means to you. I did this with my Sunday School class several years ago and they enjoyed it.

Proverbs 1:1 The Author: The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 1:2-6 The Purpose: 2. To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 3. To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment and equity; 4. To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. 5. A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 6. To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Proverbs 1:7 The Theme: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

If you think this is too long, I can shorten them. But tell me what this means to you.

Hope you have a wonderful evening."

I would go with one proverb at a time. Each Proverb is a nugget of wisdom from God to Solomon. Doing one at a time would be sufficient for my taste. The first thing I want to say is that Proverbs addresses Wisdom as if it were a person. It does this to emphasize the importance of wisdom. Wisdom only comes with study and experience.

"Use this image to inspire your blog entry today. Tell us a story or write a poem."

I wish you had allowed us to use the image itself.

I lived in an old house like that. In fact, I have lived in several like that. They are hot in the summer and cold in the winter. I've woken up with snow on my blankets in old houses like that where the snow blew in through the cracks. They're hard to live in.

"Prompt: Do you like to write a story as the first person as the character or just write the story like an author?"

If I write a story I just narrate. Sometimes I write it from first person. I usually write third person. Now I write basically academic papers in which the author uses active voice. Active voice means you keep it in the present. You do not use being verbs such as "is" and "are". Try writing two thousand words and never use "is" "are" or "were". It is hard.