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Proverbs 16:3

Proverbs 16:3 ESV Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+16%3A3&version=ESV]   The plans we make go, in the words of the Scottish poet, ‘aft agley,’ which (translated from the original) means ‘often awry.’ Sometimes, looking back, this is a remarkably good thing. Sometimes those plans weren’t just practically flawed…

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Proverbs 16:2

Proverbs 16:2 ESV All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+16%3A2&version=ESV]   What does God judge? Every action has three parts: what’s intended, what’s done, and what results. We humans have an inconsistent standard for using these. We tend to choose which one to…

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Proverbs 16:1

Proverbs 16:1 ESV The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+16%3A10&version=ESV]   Tell me honestly: have you ever made a plan that went perfectly as you anticipated? Maybe, I guess; if I plan to have cereal and I have cereal, that’s a success. When we…

This Might Be The Wrong Way

Rather than dive into a long, deep discussion on the question highlighted by this study, I want to use this opportunity to simply stimulate some reflection by my readers.  In this study, 90 five-year-olds were studied in how they responded to an experiment.  The researchers divided the 90 children into 3 groups.  All three groups…