Dry yet?

Yowza! We got a lot of rain yesterday! And in not a lot of time. I was in Terre Haute yesterday when it cut loose at about 2-ish. It did it's thing for about an hour then moved on, only to usher in another wave that evidently pounded Brazil a little before 6. I was standing in a parking lot with a couple other biking buddies looking at the sky all looking pretty silly, saying things like "Well, are we gonna ride?" and "It'll be a little risky." Unfortunately, it never really let loose in Terre Haute then. The girls sectional track meet got delayed a bit but got back on pace amidst intermitent rain showers. Nothing too bad. I want to congradulate Nikki Royer and Natasha Barnett who both ran well last night.

Proverbs 19:1 says "Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse". One may ask after reading this, "What do these two guys have in common?" or more pointedly "On what grounds can you compare these two folks?" Both good questions. For the most part, po' fokes are humble. Yes, there are they few who act like they have it all when they don't and think that you ought to treat them as such. However, I think that most people who have less realize that and can deal with their situation accordingly. So why compare him to a fool? Throughout Proverbs and the rest of the Bible, "fools" are described as a number of things, and greedy is one of them. Greedy people are motivated by one main thing...themselves. So they will grab, get, cannive, to no end to get what they want. And in many cases, at least for a while, the fool will have a bunch of money. Good for him (written with much sarcasm). In this we find the reason for comparison. So why is the former better than the latter? With this now in mind, the contrast is a lot easier to see. The poor man is in fact rich in the Lord's eyes where as the fool is destitute, even though he has everything. Elsewhere in Proverbs, the Lord guarantees his protection and provision for the blameless (Prov. 2:7). An old adage goes "A fool and his money are easily parted". Duh! Even though that's not in the Bible it speaks volumes here. Our focus ought to be on spiritual riches, the kind that won't waste away, trusting that the Lord will come through and make life rich and worth living. I think that sounds Biblical, too (Matthew 6:19-21. See, I told you!)

Next week: May 26-The BIG Big Deal. This will be our last BD of the school year. We'll tie up with one final lesson and do our best to finish up year with a bang!
Remember: sign up for slots on the Youth Sunday list and don't forget People of Prayer.

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