I love you.
Love, Ava.
Love, Tanya.
I love everyone.
Love wins, & Jesus is love.
Love the Lord your God
with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
This is the first and greatest commandment.
And the second is like it:
Love your neighbor as yourself.
Everyone should understand that in context, this word neighbour used here means everyone. Sometimes “nations” also means everyone—it’s all the people. It’s important to understand the meanings, because much of the confusion is lost when they are misunderstood. Essentially, God’s greatest commands are to love God and to love everyone. All that is good is of love, and all that is bad and leads to falling into sin is of tricks from Satan.
As I revealed in past posts, the scriptures and words within the Bible can be used as their own verification. A good example of this is that the murderer from the start—Satan—and the wage of sin is death. That is why murder and the lies told to Eve—“you will not surely die”—worked: no one loved their lives enough to live sin-free. While there was the possibility, the reason he is a liar is that he knew no one would. It’s also all the precursors, traps, tricks, and lies that have made it almost impossible.
How many people hear that whisper in their ear suggesting they get upset or do something bad, to the point where they mistake it as their own thought? It’s not you—it’s Satan. Anything beyond kindness, love, and truth is in some way connected to his tricks. So to return to love and truth and the ways of Jesus is also the way to escape the traps of his sin, murder, and all his lies.
This is a very good example of how sometimes the truth can have some pain, but in truth there is always the lesson learned and the gain today. I suggest everyone find ways forward with love stories and love songs, love everyone as yourself, and return to the love of your God through the most blessed, beautiful gift: the life within Jesus.
Proverbs of Solomon (Proverbs 10)
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value, but righteousness delivers from death. The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth. He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
Blessings crown the head of the righteous, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked. The name of the righteous is used in blessings, but the name of the wicked will rot.
The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin. Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.
Whoever winks maliciously causes grief, and a chattering fool comes to ruin. The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs. Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense.
The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin. The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death. Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.
Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool. Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value. The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense.
The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it. A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.
What the wicked dread will overtake them; what the righteous desire will be granted. When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever.
As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are sluggards to those who send them. The fear of the Lord adds length to life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.
The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing. The way of the Lord is a refuge for the blameless, but it is the ruin of those who do evil.
The righteous will never be uprooted, but the wicked will not remain in the land. From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be silenced.
The lips of the righteous know what finds favor, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
