Proverbs Experiment: Day Ten

It looks like we're going away with the chapters that have themes to them, and are now dealing with chapters where each verse has a different theme.

Proverbs Chapter Ten:

The Lord will not let the godly starve to death, but he refuses to satisfy the craving of the wicked. (vs. 3)

This promise seems very real to me right now. :^) It looks like what we have savings-wise will last us for another month, but after that, yikes!

People with integrity have firm footing, but those who follow crooked paths will slip and fall. (vs. 9)

This verse immediately brings to mind the story that is the main headline in the news: that the governor from Illinois was caught trying to sell Barack Obama's senate seat to the higher bidder, among other things. This is now the third or fourth governor from Illinois who has been caught doing something illegal. I think that when you lack integrity, you have to hide who you really are, and that hole that you hide in gets deeper and deeper as you continue to spin lies, and then one day someone finds that hole and what started out as a small lapse in judgment has turned into a lifestyle of lies, deceit and a lack of integrity. Which should be a sobering reminder to all of us that if we do right in the small things, we will live a life of integrity. But if we don't do what is right in the small things, it's going to get much worse!

Don't talk too much, for it fosters sin. Be sensible and turn off the flow! (vs. 19)

I can say A LOT about this subject, but I'll just let the verse speak for itself. ;^)