Your Kids Have the Last Word

Proverbs 20:7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. Your Kids Have the Last Word I lived a good two decades before any of my children were born. My daughter was born in 1997, and my boys were born after the year 2000. Because of...

Don’t Buy Trouble

Proverbs 26:17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. Don’t Buy Trouble Recently a friend asked me if I had ever been kicked by a horse. Well, the answer is “yes;” I have been kicked by a horse. As...

Deceived by a Drink

Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Deceived by a Drink I’ll never forget what I saw as a ten-year old boy in downtown Washington, D.C. I saw a man walk up to a trash can, reach all the way down, bring...

Giving

Proverbs 19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. Giving I was driving with a friend when we pulled up to a main road where there was a man with a cardboard sign asking for money. We stopped, and...

Listen Before You Answer

Proverbs 18:13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. Listen Before You Answer I doubt there is a parent alive who doesn’t know what it is to referee a fight between two siblings. One is speaking in one of mom’s ears, and the...