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Proverbs 16:24 and a Honey Bee on Goldenrod, Eastern Nebraska.

“Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.” Proverbs 16:24

Honey Words

Some things in life help us, but on occasion those very same things hurt us. Bees are a great example of this. They pollinate crops which provide us with good food and nourishment. They also produce golden honey that is sweet to our lips and contains micronutrients for us. But yet when they sting, it hurts.

Words can also sting or be nourishing and sweet. When we use harsh words they painfully sting others. But when we use words to encourage people they are words like “a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.” May God lead us to build up and encourage others with words sweet like honey.

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Proverbs 16:18-19 and a Barren Desert Rocks, Badlands National Park, South Dakota.

“Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling. It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly than to divide the spoil with the proud.” Proverbs 16:18-19

The Bible Says Pride Leads to Destruction

The Bible doesn’t say much of anything good about pride. Time after time God’s Word condemns pride. At its very core pride says, “I am right in my own ways and in myself. I don’t need God nor do I need to follow His ways.”

When we see pride as the Bible describes it, it makes sense that the LGBQT?? community uses this word as their motto. And at its very core, this movement thumbs its nose at God and His created order to do things their own way and call them good.

God calls each one of us to be humble and to walk in His ways. God’s ways are good, pure and lead to life. The LGBQT?? way does not lead to life. It cannot create life and only leads to destruction. No rainbows. Just faded, barren ground.

Pray for those caught up in homosexuality. Pray for our country.

Read all of Proverbs 16.

Genesis 1:31 and Trees of the Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington State.

“God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.” Genesis 1:31

God’s Very Good Creation

Sometimes when I look at nature my heart experiences a feeling of delightful contentment. I take pleasure in what my eyes behold and what my ears hear. I want to look at it, listen to it and take it all. When I do so I just don’t feel good, I feel very good!

The term “very good” in our English Bibles comes from the *Hebrew phrase “tov (or toab) meod.” That Hebrew phrase is actually a term of beauty that described how incredible artistically pleasing something is. Brian S. Chan, in His book on God and beauty entitled The Purple Curtain, says the Hebrew “tov meod” is a term of artistic and aesthetic delight.

When God created, He created a very good creation with a deep pleasing beauty He delighted in! Like God, I delight in His creation too.

Read Genesis 1 and learn God’s creative artistry.

*Hebrew was the original language of the Bible’s Old Testament

Psalm 97:1-2 and Granite Top Coastline Acadia National Park, Maine.

“The LORD reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice. Clouds and thick darkness surround him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.” Psalm 97:1-2

Join the Distant Shores Rejoice

I confess. Too often I find myself to be a grumbler and complainer. I let little things put me in a bad mood. But the Bible calls all to rejoice. Even the “distant shores” are called to rejoice and celebrate our God.

Rejoicing like the distance shores is the way to go. Happiness doesn’t bring joy. Happiness is an emotion. Joy is a mindset. A mindset of joy brings happiness.

Let’s all join the distance shores and rejoice!

Read all of Psalm 97 and rejoice!

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