Tiny Devotional for Monday, 05-06-2024

 A great good morning to all my friends and neighbors in Internet Land! And to family who might drop by, leftover house lo mien!

To keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.
Proverbs 6: 24-25, NASB


Again we have the Woman of Folly, the adulteress who lurks in wait for the foolish man. It's pretty clear, in EVERY chapter that deals with this person, what the bait is for the fool: it's sex, demonstrated by her appearance and how she uses it. Are men REALLY that frappen simple? 

I think we are. ALL of the warnings against this seduction are addressed to the men; there is NOTHING that tells a woman that she needs to dress or behave like a seducer if she wants to keep her man. The fault is NOT hers, when her man abandons her for a harlot. ALL of the focus is on teaching the man not to be an idiot, and to recognize that the enemy really has just one trick that he uses to break up a marriage. 

Why would Solomon spend so much time writing about this,  ignoring the occasions when a woman abandons her home? I think it's because he's talking about the sin that caught his father, and that caught HIM.  

What about the sin that caught his mother? Here, we have to read between the lines, but I think Bathsheba was trading up, seeking security by an illicit liaison with David the King. Is the drive for security for women as strong as the sex drive for men? Wiser people than me can write books; all I can say is: 

Guard Your Heart. 

Peace be on your household.

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  1. Jesus SavesMay 10, 2024 at 4:25 AM

    Amen and Amen my Brother Pat, in the conclusion the best way to say is always "Guard the Heart" for out of it are the issues of life.

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