Proverbs 29: 1 He who is often rebuked, (and) hardens his neck, Will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
NKJV
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In the above verse I put the word "and" in parenthesis because the NKJV adds it for clarity, but if you read it without the "and" you get quite a different meaning to the passage.
Here is my take on it.
He who is often rebuked (will without a doubt ) harden his neck.
Wow this is a powerful warning to teachers, PARENTS, mentors, work supervisors, managers, pastors etc, about the danger of rebuking too harshly too often.
Do you want those under your care to be hard hearted to instruction?
Do you want those you are charged to shepherd to march determinedly away from wisdom because you did not follow wisdom's example?
If so then rebuke your children. Do it often to it loudly teach them to tune out instruction and hate correction, because the very next part of the verse tells us of a certainty what will happen when they do.
They will "suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. "
God help me to keep my children's hearts and teach them to LOVE wisdom...
AND INSTRUCTION!
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Proverbs 1:7
But if this is true then the corollary is just as true. When we as God's children find ourselves in a situation that is full of chastisement and rebuke, we MUST MUST MUST guard our hearts so that we don't become the stiff necked/hard hearted fool of Proverbs.
(Incidentally the word for instruction there means chastisement. Not advice, not counsel but a good old fashioned spankin.)
Are you inviting God's wrath by resisting his chastisement?
Lord I pray that I you will give me the wisdom and humility to bear up under your rod so that I might mature into a man who reflects you glory. AMEN!
Monday, August 29, 2005
The wise man and correction - both sides of the fence
Saturday, August 20, 2005
she's gone stark rrrrraving mad!
in the interest of getting something up ...it's been a while. i thought I'd mention that we have gone quite plumb nutty. We're to arise at the time of 6am to put ourselves upon the road by 6:45 am in order to make a10 am church service where Dr. Kent Hovind (http://www.drdino.com/) will be speaking.
We have a set of his dvd's thanks to our old church and we're all excited to hear him in person!
if you haven't ever heard him , go and download a debate from his website to watch.
Saturday, June 04, 2005
How high are your walls?
"Whiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never use it."
Robert E. Lee quotes
Proverbs 25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Monday, May 09, 2005
Becca and Grandpa Summer of '03
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Friday, May 06, 2005
Newspeak continues
I came across this review of "Kingdom of Heaven" this morning. Thought you would find it of interest. It never ceases to amaze me to what lengths Hollywood will go to in order to take a slap at Christianity (in any form).
Also this article made me think of how my dad always reminded me that if you control the language you control high ground in a culture.
God grant that we might re-assert His dominion in the language and the arts.
Click here for review
Friday, April 29, 2005
Rant for the day
I've gotten myself into another fine mess. It seems I've built the better portion of my house on the neighbors land. I realize I dun it. I know it's ridiculous ...
However
I one more person asks me "howdy you do THAT?!?!" with that glazed look of incredulity that they all get when I explain the problem ....
Grrrrrrr
well I might just might lose my cool
I mean think about it.
I know did it.
I've had weeks and weeks to ponder the consequences.
Think about the possibilities.
Dwell on the magnitude.
and generally let the implications sink in.
Do I really need somebody else pointing out the obvious?
Friday, April 15, 2005
who ..er... what ...i mean why
I named my blog atyplical since my life IS fairly atypical. I have 7 daughters, I have built my own house, I work for an unsual Christian publisher (VisionForum.com) and I am a determined Christian presupposisionalist who is committed to the idea that God's word speaks to and is instructive for EVERY area of human endeavor.
I started this blog cause I want to chronicle a bit of personal history, share the some of the crazy ideas that pop in and out of my head and mostly I need practice writing for others (can you tell)
stay tuned ...I got kitchen pics coming soon.
2 articles by Scott Brown
Both topics are near and dear to my own heart :)
The first is on modesty and can be found here and it's a thought provoking essay on madesty and swimsuits.
The second is on how to form godly marriages and can be found here I guess it's technically a blog entry and not a article but is sums up the basic procedure I intend to school my girls in.
Told you I was atypical
If I were King of the forest!
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means, at the point of highest reality. A chastity or honesty or mercy which yields to danger will be chaste or honest or merciful only on conditions. Pilate was merciful until it became risky. —C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)
Ancestry
This is too cool ....(top right) a picture of my mom (front left) and 5 of her 6 sisters. The other 2 are of Pampa Chambliss -- I'll have to find out from mom how old he is in those pictures.
T.R. on life's accomplishments
No other success in life — not being President, or being healthy, or going to college or anything else — comes up to the success of the man and the woman who can feel that they have done their duty and that their children and grandchildren rise up to call them blessed. —Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
