Category Archives: Discernment

An Enclosed Spring

Posted on August 19, 2015 by wamplerp

You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace. How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much more pleasing is … Continue reading →

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Leaping Across Mountains

Posted on August 18, 2015 by wamplerp

Listen! My beloved! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills. My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. … Continue reading →

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Remember Him

Posted on August 16, 2015 by wamplerp

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”— before the sun and the light and the moon and the … Continue reading →

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Watch the Wind and Look to the Cloud

Posted on August 15, 2015 by wamplerp

Ship your grain across the sea; after many days you may receive a return. Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight; you do not know what disaster may come upon the land. If clouds are full of water, they pour … Continue reading →

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A Time for Everything

Posted on August 13, 2015 by wamplerp

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a … Continue reading →

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Reservoirs

Posted on August 12, 2015 by wamplerp

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.” But that also proved to be meaningless. “Laughter,” I said, “is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?” I tried cheering myself with … Continue reading →

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Too Amazing for Me

Posted on August 8, 2015 by wamplerp

There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of … Continue reading →

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Enough!

Posted on August 7, 2015 by wamplerp

There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’: the grave; the barren womb; land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’ – Proverbs 30:15-16 The end of proverbs contains some interesting and odd rhetorical … Continue reading →

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Surely You Know!

Posted on August 6, 2015 by wamplerp

The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh—an inspired utterance. This man’s utterance to Ithiel:“I am weary, God, but I can prevail. Surely I am only a brute, not a man; I do not have human understanding. I have not learned wisdom, nor have … Continue reading →

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A Driving Rain that Leaves no Crops

Posted on August 4, 2015 by wamplerp

When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers, but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order. A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops. – Proverbs 28:2-3. I took a day … Continue reading →