Proverbs Chapter 25

Verse 2-3:
God has dibs.  Being the God of all the universe and everything in it, he has full dibs on hiding things, and doing whatever he deems right. I know this is hard to go with, because if you're like me, you don't want to lose control of things, but God is strong enough for the both of you. For all of you! So for the things you cannot see, don't try to see them! Maybe you don't need to! His power is truly awesome. Awesome in the way it's meant to be used. Look at all he has created. We cannot fathom or begin to comprehend the mind and works of our creator. He has such a brilliant look at things.

Verse 11:
"Timely advice is lovely, like golden apples in a silver basket."
I think we take for granted how great it is to have someone tell you what you should do. 'Cause if you're like me, you probably are going to do something dumb on your own, so might as well try someone else's crazy idea. Especially if that idea is called "Wait."

Verses 12-13:
Criticism is tough to take. No matter how nicely it is said, it's someone telling you what you've done wrong, and no matter what, it hurts to some degree. But, if you take what they've said to heart, it can change you, and build you up! It says here that criticism is like gold jewelry. If you wear it, it makes you look better, it is improving. I recently had a friend point out a problem with me. he went about it the best way I think he could have. At first, I was a little hurt, but I don't think it was at my friend, it was just that I had never realized this flaw in my life before, and because I knew the love in his heart in these words, and I listened, it began to have a full effect, and I was brought to tears at the work of God through him speaking to me. Verse 13 talks about "Trustworthy messengers" and how they revive the spirit of their employers. My friend in this case was the messenger to me, and he was perfectly trustworthy to me the receptor, and to God the employer, and I have been changed. GOD IS SO POWERFUL!

This was a good conformation for me, after the retreat I just went on. It really spoke of what was spoken to me there. Sometimes nothing is more affective than a Godly conformation!

Word!
-Evan