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April 7
Monday


WHY? WHY?
OH, WHY?

READ:
Proverbs 3:1-12
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If you endure
chastening, God deals
with you as with sons.
__Hebrews 12:7
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Why must I suffer disappointment, sorrow, and tribulation? What have I done that God should send me trials? Is He displeased with me? These questions are constantly asked by God's dear children.

Much of this fear and questioning is due to our misunderstanding of God's dealings with His own. He has His good reasons. and one of those reasons is for our spiritual discipline. We should be far more afraid of being left alone than of God's chastening, for He wastes no time on worthless objects that give no promise of fruitfulness.

On the shores of Lake Michigan are great barren sand dunes that have never felt the point of a plow. But in the rich lowlands beyond them, the farmer is constantly cultivating the soil. The farmer knows what he is doing, so he keeps on breaking up the soil. The deeper the plow works and the more the sharp harrow, the more precious the crop will be when harvest time comes.

God's plow goes deep, but it is only that in the end we may forget the plowing and rejoice in the blessing of bearing much fruit for Him. "No chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained bit it" (Heb. 12:11). __M. R. De Haan, M.D.
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````````````When blades of distress cut deep in the soul,````````````
```````````Breaking up ground that was untouched before,```````````
```````````````The Lord is preparing soil to bear fruit```````````````
````````````Fit for the harvest to feed many more. __Hess```````````
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All sunshine and no rain make a desert.

***************Today's Bible Reading __ Proverbs 3:1-12***********

1 My son, do not forget my
law, but let your heart keep
my commands; 2 for length
of days and long life and
peace they will add to you.

3 Let not mercy and truth
forsake you; bind them
around your neck, write
them on the tablet of your
heart, 4 and so find favor and
high esteem in the sight of
God and man.

5 Trust in the LORD with all
your heart, and lean not on
your own understanding; 6 in
all your ways acknowledge
Him, and He shall direct
your paths.

7 Do not be wise in your
own eyes; fear the LORD and
depart from evil. 8 It will be
health to your flesh, and
strength to your bones.

9 Honor the LORD with
your possessions, and with
the firstfruits of all your
increase; 10 so your barns
will be filled with plenty,
and our vats will overflow
with new wine.

11 My son, do not despise
the chastening of the LORD,
nor detest His correction;

12 for whom the LORD loves
He corrects, just as a father
the son in whom he delights.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHTS<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

The book of Proverbs is dominated by the wisdom of Solomon. We
read of the great king in 1 kings 4:32, "He spoke three thousand
proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five." With some
3,000 proverbs to choose from, there was a substantial library from
which to build this book of wisdom. __Bill Crowder