Monday, May 14, 2007
Proverbs 11:1-5
11:1 A false balance is an abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is his delight.
When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
but with the humble is wisdom.
The integrity of the upright guides them,
but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers from death.
The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight,
but the wicked falls by his own wickedness. (ESV)
by Angie Osborn
I use the book, Soup (Robert Newton Peck), in my 7th grade literature class. There is an episode where the main characters, boys about 10 years old, sell aluminum foil to the “junk man” to get money for a movie. As the man weighs the ball of foil, he covers his eyes to show that he is “blind justice”. The problem is the boys wound the foil around a pebble. When the man returns with their money, he hands them the pebble too.
God is NOT blind. When we sin, he knows, as did the man whom the boys tried to cheat. In his justice, God included a plan for us to be made right with him. We may cheat, lie or sin against him in many ways, but he is always forgiving. The boys learn the junk man would have given the money if they had asked. God will give to us as well. Will you ask?
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2008, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service .
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