Monday, April 03, 2006

Meditations From Proverbs, Part 9

"Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life." -Proverbs 4:13

As I was reading through Proverbs 4, I couldn't help but notice the strong words of exhortation. We are told to "exalt her, hear her, take fast hold of her, attend to her, let her not depart," and to "keep her." If we didn't have any context, we might be inclined to think that these are words for our lover. We cannot afford to ignore such strong admonition to court wisdom. That's the way I see things.