My daughter Dora sews customized plain dresses. These are customized in the sense that the customer measures herself and provides Dora with fifteen or so measurements. From those measurements my wife Ruby makes a unique dress pattern for the customer. Then Dora sews the dress. That dress is fitted to the customer.

Now catch this:

“Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise” (17).

“For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withall be fitted in thy lips” (18).

Humble yourself, Mark, and listen to the wisdom of others.

If you listen with the intent to remember and apply, their wisdom will eventually become fitted exactly to your lips, your needs, your circumstances.

Wow! I like that!

from Proverbs 22:17

A little bit more from Proverbs 22: Don’t Give Up!