Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction. (Proverbs 29:18) I should probably begin with an apology. This is one of my favorite verses. I’ve written about it twice this year already, but changes are taking place in our lives, and I feel the need to remove the magic from this verse, for my own good if no one else’s. I’ve noted before that I tend to negate myself. I argue that I am not a _____ because of some ludicrous claim that I don’t measure up. I might fail and be an embarrassment to this person or that group, so better not to claim association. Put simply, I can’t see myself as many of the things that I am. I have no revelation or (to use the King James vocabulary) vision. The idea is not limited to people who have no prophet telling them what God says. Everyone has some idea or vision of what the universe is like. They have a worldview. It ma...
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