Papa Pat Tiny Devotionals

 A great good RED FRIDAY   morning to all my friends and neighbors in Internet Land! And to family members who have dropped by, R emember E veryone D eployed. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your body And refreshment to your bones. Proverbs 3:7-8, NASB Google search results I don’t pick the verse(s) I write on; I take what’s up next in the rotation. It’s almost always a single verse, unless the selection is a couplet. So, if you are tempted to believe I picked this verse as a commentary: resist the temptation. The second line is something EVERYBODY I know would seek to claim. Certainly it’s true of all the people I hang out with on a regular basis. I met a few new people yesterday, and while I’m not claiming any deep insight, from their attitudes, I expect they also fear the Lord and turn away from evil. It’s the FIRST line that causes problems. My pursuit of knowledge AND right living would have been SO much more efficient,

 A great good morning to all my friends and neighbors in Internet Land! And to family members who have dropped by, it’s Thursday, but that might not matter. To rescue you from the way of evil, From a person who speaks perverse things; Proverbs 2:12, NASB. Rescue, or escape? Okay, the ONLY reason I’m following through with writing this today, is because I didn’t write yesterday. Otherwise, you get nothing. “Why” you might say “would we get nothing?” It’s because this verse is stating what wisdom is good for, and I. Am. Just. Not. Going. To. Talk. About. That. Why? Because people who speak perverse things LOVE to speak perverse things. I don’t want to HEAR perverse things. They are, well, perverse. So, I resolved some time ago that I WAS NOT going to engage in debates with people anymore, pretty much about anything. It’s not because I am spiritual; I just don’t care about what perverse speakers are speaking. I just left a page that had information about the school system where my kids go