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Sunday Sabbath October 16 2016 A FATHER’S INSTRUCTION
Sunday Sabbath October 16 2016 A FATHER’S INSTRUCTION
A FATHER’S INSTRUCTION
Kathleen Martens
October 16, 2016
Pay attention and gain understanding
The voice of a father is commanding.
Do not forsake a father’s teaching
So your goals may be far reaching.
Listen carefully to what you are told
So it will stay with you when you are old.
Put the words deep into your heart
Cherish and honor them each day to start.
Seek wisdom and understanding in all things,
Do not forsake them; protection they bring.
Love wisdom; her protections is yours
For wisdom is supreme and will open doors.
Get understanding; though the cost is high.
Esteem understanding; and she will help you fly.
Embrace understanding; she will honor you.
A garland of grace will be her gift too.
A crown of splendor will adorn your head
When understanding is in good stead.
And when you listen as a father speaks,
Longer years made available the Lord to seek.
Because of good decisions your path will be straight,
And the Lord will help you seek your fate.
Hold on to instruction and do not let it go,
Guard it well to protect your soul.
Understanding is important, for it is your life,
And will teach you how to avoid strife.
It will also keep you from the wicked path.
Shun evil men and you shun God’s wrath.
The first glean of dawn shines on the righteous man,
But a man of evil, in darkness stands.
So pay attention to your father’s word,
And keep them in your heart, forever heard.
AND GUARD YOUR HEART ABOVE ALL ELSE THAT YOU DO,
For it is the wellspring of life and it will carry you through.
Put away perversity and speak it not.
It is your father’s teachings that are to be sought.
Remember well what your father has spoken
That your life will not veer or become broken.
Do not let his words out of your sight,
For those who have listened, turn toward the light.
“PROVERBS 4 (New International Version)
1 Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction;
pay attention and gain understanding.
2 I give you sound learning,
so do not forsake my teaching.
3 For I too was a son to my father,
still tender, and cherished by my mother.
4 Then he taught me, and he said to me,
“Take hold of my words with all your heart;
keep my commands, and you will live.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding;
do not forget my words or turn away from them.
6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;
love her, and she will watch over you.
7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom.
Though it cost all you have, get understanding.
8 Cherish her, and she will exalt you;
embrace her, and she will honor you.
9 She will give you a garland to grace your head
and present you with a glorious crown.”
10 Listen, my son, accept what I say,
and the years of your life will be many.
11 I instruct you in the way of wisdom
and lead you along straight paths.
12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;
when you run, you will not stumble.
13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;
guard it well, for it is your life.
14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
or walk in the way of evildoers.
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
turn from it and go on your way.
16 For they cannot rest until they do evil;
they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
17 They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
18 The path of the righteous is like the morning sun,
shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they do not know what makes them stumble.
20 My son, pay attention to what I say;
turn your ear to my words.
21 Do not let them out of your sight,
keep them within your heart;
22 for they are life to those who find them
and health to one’s whole body.
23 Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.
24 Keep your mouth free of perversity;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Give careful thought to the paths for your feet
and be steadfast in all your ways.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;
keep your foot from evil.”
THE ABOVE POEM IS INSPIRED, INFLUENCED BY, AND QUOTED IN PART FROM PROVERBS, CHAPTER 4.
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