[my second] Thought of the Day
Topic: quotations (Scripture)

"I saw my peoples' ways, but I will heal them and I will lead them I will give full comfort to them and those who mourn for them, I the creator, who gave them life.

Peace, peace to the far and the near says the Lord, and I will heal them."

-Isaiah 57:18-19.


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...I still have yet to really read through this book of the Bible (yes, that is very sad) but from these two verses here, Isaiah seems to be reassuring the people by telling them this message of the Lord's -to let them know that He is Merciful that he would go so far as to heal and lead His people even after seeing them do so many horrible things

-after I read through the entire book, I'll have more to say
_{*doesn't know to what exactly is being referred to here* -_-;}

continuing from yesterday...
Now Playing: I was made to love you- Toby Mac
Topic: quotations (Scripture)
I'm going to simplify my entries so that I can have these blog posts of mine be more focused, concise and to the point.

I'll be writing separate entries during the day for each reading that I want to type out
^{(I have placed the links to the Daily Mass Readings and the "Thought of the Day" Scripture quotes provided by Spirit FM in the sidebar on the right side under the "My Church" title since that is quite a lot for me to type out- I will still be reading and reacting to those passages... )}

also, I am still internally debating whether or not I should post about my personal gatherings that I receive from these Scriptures (it is hard enough for me just to post these in the first place, but I am being reminded of and learning things through this study...)


Anyway, here is what I read in the second chapter of Proverbs today*:

My child, if you accept my words
and treasure up my commandments within you,
making you ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding;

if you indeed cry out for insight,
and raise your voice for understanding;

if you seek it like silver,
and search for it as for hidden treasures-

the you will undertand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.

For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come[s] knowledge and understanding;

he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;

he is a shield to those who walk blamelessly,
guarding the paths of justice
and preserving the way of his faithful ones.

Then you will undertand righteousness and justice
and equity, every good path;

for wisdom will come into your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasnt to your soul;
prudence will watch over you; and understanding will guard you.

It will save you from the way of evil,
from those who speak perversely,
who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,

who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil;
those whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways.


You will be saved from the loose woman,
from the adulteress with her smooth words,

who forsakes the parner of her youth and forgets her sacred covenant;
for her way leads down to death, and her paths to the shades
-those who go to her never come back, nor do they regain the paths of life.

Therefore walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the just.
For the upright will abide in the land, and the innocent will remain in it;
but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.

The part of today's reading that really stood out to me was the part that says that the one who stores up and lives by these teachings will be "saved from the loose woman" -I wish that people would all be [more] inclined to wisdom so that the tragedy of unfaithfulness would end... also, when a good man is corrupted by a vulgar woman he loses so much of his virtue and the qualities that made him really wonderful in the first place... <sub>-sigh-



*actually, I was reading more than this since it was so good, I started reading the third chapter as well but then I stopped since I wanted to get to Mass... *got there on time- not early*</sub>

stating the obvious and starting anew!
Topic: quotations (Scripture)
^{-obviously, it has been too long since I have taken the time to write here again, so I want to return to this blog even to the same spirit in which this was originally written...}

(I'm back here, and I plan to stay.)

-everyday that I use the internet first I will come here and post worthy things that I am reading and/or meditating on before I go anywhere else online (aside from my e-mail or backing up my files to various places such as [Mozy.com] _{they provide an automatic file backup service that is free when you use only 2gigs of space}) because I could really use self-discipline in governing my actions both when I am using a computer as well as whenever I am not doing so.

-it would probably be a good idea for me to break up these postings according to content, but I'm not sure exactly how to go about doing that

actually, I have two options:

-to use Cut tags within one long entry for separation

or, to post separate entries (per day or so) as pertains to what passages I am quoting...

_{-for now, I'll just wing it until I find a good system.}


these are my personal readings, I have started to read my Bible in the mornings and am starting off with a bit of Proverbs since it is easy to read and understand and full of good advice

also, the "Thought of the Day" that [Spirit FM] has is a help for me as well.
Read More... _{-following the daily Mass readings is good as well (and it is best when you're able to listen to them being read aloud while attending Mass! ^0^ )}


Proverbs, Chapter 1:

[this Scripture is] for learning about wisdom and instruction, for understanding words of insight,
for gaining instruction in wise dealing, righteousness, justice, and equity;
to teach shrewdness to the simple, knowledge and prudence to the young-
let the wise also hear and gain in learning, and the discerning acquire skill,
to understand a proverb and a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Hear, my child your father's instruction, and do not reject your mother's teaching;
for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck.

My child, if sinners entice you do not consent.

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Wisdom cries out in the street;
in the squares she raises her voice.
At the busiest corner she cries out;
at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:

"How long, I simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?

Give heed to my reproof; I will pour out my thoughts to you; I will make my words known to you.

Because I have called and you refused, have stretched out my hand and no one heeded,
and because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,
I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic strikes you,
when panic comes like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently, but will not find me.*

Because they hate knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
would have none of my counsel, and despised all my reproof,
therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices.

For waywardness kills the simple, and the complacency of fools destroys them;
but those who listen to me will be secure and will live at ease, without the dread of disaster."

Proverbs is definitely one of my most favorite books out of the entire Bible <3

(*because at that point, it is just too late since they only started to do the right thing after the fact -after they were struck down by their tragedy or calamities... )


~End [part I]~