"My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man."
Proverbs 3:1-4
I like this admonition, and especially the way that mercy and truth are paired together. So often in the world you hear people insist that seeing reality is seeing something bad or broken, but there are a lot of good, true things out there as well... and God is just as... no, actually MORE vividly real than any negative thing that we have to "face" in life. Mercy exists. Religion isn't a lie or a crutch softening the blow of a heartless world. God's path is a way to communicate with the *actual* divine, which can infuse our souls and our lives with hope and a higher perspective.
Today, let's seek that hope, and the length of days, long life, and peace too. :) Let's work to understand God and his ways so that the negative lies of the world don't crush us. Instead, let's look up with hope and love, and learn to share God's mercy and generosity with those around us.
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