KEEP CALM AND LIVE LIFE TO THE FULL. AND DON’T FORGET TO SMILE!

Another 33 proverbs here in Proverbs 15. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. The clue’s in the name of the book, I guess.

So let’s today pick out first what we can learn about our relationships, then our attitude to life and then…

1. Relationships

• the best way to respond to someone else’s anger is to be gentle in our response. That defuses the situation rather than escalating it by responding back in anger
• Kind words heal and help;
  cutting words wound and maim. v4
• it’s good to learn from the life experience of others
• don’t do anything (here, it’s pray) simply to impress others, but act from a genuine motivation
• don’t be a know it all. Because you don’t
• better to share a little in love than a lot grudgingly
• hot temper vs cool, calm spirit…we know the consequences. It’s not rocket science
• the right word at the right time is such a pleasure
• A greedy and grasping person destroys community;
  those who refuse to exploit live and let live. v27

2. Attitude to life

• a misspent life is soon bankrupt
• God can’t stand us frittering away our lives
• A cheerful heart brings a smile to your face;
  a sad heart makes it hard to get through the day. v13
• A miserable heart means a miserable life;
  a cheerful heart fills the day with song. v15
• being lazy brings a load of consequences
• don’t treat life as a plaything. You only get one. Make sure you make the most of it
• A twinkle in the eye means joy in the heart,
  and good news makes you feel fit as a fiddle. v30
• an undisciplined life will always stay really small

So what do I take from all that? A proverb of my own!

KEEP CALM AND LIVE LIFE TO THE FULL. AND DON’T FORGET TO SMILE!