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Reading:
Proverbs 31:1-9

I don’t drink so-called adult beverages.

But I do drink too freely of other “substances” that alter my state of my mind, slow my spiritual reflexes, and affect my perception of reality.

When that happens, how can I possibly judge righteously?

“Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted” (5).

I can say it’s not for me because I don’t drink beer or wine or any such thing.

However, I do drink such things as suspicion, bitterness, anger, contempt, and pride.

And they cause me to forget God’s laws.

And to pervert judgment.

(It is not my intent to spiritualize this verse. I’m just telling you a little of what came to mind after reading it a bit ago.)

[Judge righteously (Proverbs 31:9)]
from Proverbs 31:9

Reading:
Proverbs 30:11-23

Today’s reading begins with four verses that speak of a certain generation. Or is it four different generations? I don’t know. Maybe it doesn’t matter.

What does matter is the truth conveyed in these verses.

Here is one of them:

“There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness” (12).

That’s my generation.

So to verse 12 I say: “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me” (Psalm 51:10).

Yes, in me.

[There is a generation.... (Proverbs 30:12)]
from Proverbs 30:12

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