Topic: quotations (Scripture)
-obviously, it has been too long since I have taken the time to write here again, so I want to return to this blog even to the same spirit in which this was originally written...
(I'm back here, and I plan to stay.)
-everyday that I use the internet first I will come here and post worthy things that I am reading and/or meditating on before I go anywhere else online (aside from my e-mail or backing up my files to various places such as [Mozy.com] they provide an automatic file backup service that is free when you use only 2gigs of space) because I could really use self-discipline in governing my actions both when I am using a computer as well as whenever I am not doing so.
-it would probably be a good idea for me to break up these postings according to content, but I'm not sure exactly how to go about doing that
actually, I have two options:
-to use Cut tags within one long entry for separation
or, to post separate entries (per day or so) as pertains to what passages I am quoting...
-for now, I'll just wing it until I find a good system.
these are my personal readings, I have started to read my Bible in the mornings and am starting off with a bit of Proverbs since it is easy to read and understand and full of good advice
also, the "Thought of the Day" that [Spirit FM] has is a help for me as well.
Read More... -following the daily Mass readings is good as well (and it is best when you're able to listen to them being read aloud while attending Mass! ^0^ )
Proverbs, Chapter 1:
[this Scripture is] for learning about wisdom and instruction, for understanding words of insight,
for gaining instruction in wise dealing, righteousness, justice, and equity;
to teach shrewdness to the simple, knowledge and prudence to the young-
let the wise also hear and gain in learning, and the discerning acquire skill,
to understand a proverb and a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Hear, my child your father's instruction, and do not reject your mother's teaching;
for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck.
My child, if sinners entice you do not consent.
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Wisdom cries out in the street;
in the squares she raises her voice.
At the busiest corner she cries out;
at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
"How long, I simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
Give heed to my reproof; I will pour out my thoughts to you; I will make my words known to you.
Because I have called and you refused, have stretched out my hand and no one heeded,
and because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,
I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic strikes you,
when panic comes like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently, but will not find me.*
Because they hate knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
would have none of my counsel, and despised all my reproof,
therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices.
For waywardness kills the simple, and the complacency of fools destroys them;
but those who listen to me will be secure and will live at ease, without the dread of disaster."
Proverbs is definitely one of my most favorite books out of the entire Bible <3
(*because at that point, it is just too late since they only started to do the right thing after the fact -after they were struck down by their tragedy or calamities... )
Posted by Daiko
at 11:30 AM EST
Updated: Thursday, February 8, 2007 1:59 PM EST
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Updated: Thursday, February 8, 2007 1:59 PM EST
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