Devotional

I'm not sharing a devotional with you, right now I just feel more like I'm living one. I am wearing the same clothes I put on yesterday and slept in last night, a gentle rain is tapping on my window, the coffee is warm, and my mind is full. That's what I call a good day (well, other than the fact that I need to clean the bathrooms).

The Bible I am using this year for my daily devotions is the Contemporary English Version. I really, really like it. It's a bit wordy, so it's good to use for small chunks of reading. I actually think it was a freebie from when I attended seminary.

Today I read Proverbs 10. There were four verses that particularly stuck out:

v. 11 "The words of good people are a source of life, but evil hides behind the words of the wicked."

v. 12 "Hatred stirs up trouble; love overlooks the wrongs that others do."

v. 19 "You will say the wrong thing if you talk too much - so be sensible and watch what you say.:

v. 21 "Many are helped by useful instruction, but fools are killed by their own stupidity."

I'm not sure why these were the four verses that stood out. Do you suppose God was highlighting them for me, or was it more a case of something I was already thinking about and my mind gravitated there on its own? Or a combination of the two... God and man working together?

I want my words to be a source of life; I want to be able to overlook the wrongs of others; I want to be sensible in what I say and not speak too much; and to be able to help others with useful instruction.

Sounds like something to devote my life to today. What are you devoted to this day? May God bless you in it.