Proverbs 3:5-8 

Posted on by Just broken

5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to Him and He will make your paths straight.
7 Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil. 8 It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.

Be not wise in your own eyes, do not lean on your own understanding. Do Godly things and submit to Him to have your paths made straight. Trust in Him with all your heart. Then health will be brought, nourishment for our bones arrives.
I guess I’m missing that last part since I’m not doing the first part. It strikes me as strange that I don’t do this naturally since it would be really good for me, and my life would be much fuller with what matters.
I’m guessing I’m not alone since the Proverbs were written a few years ago. It’s safe to say that we haven’t learned much if something written so long ago still has so much to say about our daily behavior.
I’m very curious why it’s so difficult to lean on the Lord, to trust Him with our whole heart, to submit to Him, to shun evil, to run to God.

“The founder of every major religion said I will teach you how to find God. Christ said I am God and have come to find you.” (Tim Keller)
He has come to find us, to guide us, to love us, to save us. Why do we resist?

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I Love The Father, Son and Holy Spirit and the blessings He has poured into my life. I pray that I live a life that glorifies Him in all I do, but I fail every day, many, many, many times. I have come here through brokenness, a trail of pain and broken promises that I've created through my self centeredness, self will and arrogance. For those I've hurt, please forgive me for what I did. Those things that I remember I am truly sorry I did them. I wish I could undo them. I can't. I use these lessons as motivation to be a builder, to take those experiences and hopefully keep someone else out of their own similar experiences. I love my wife, my children, my family, my friends, my strangers, and those the world would like to dismiss as an unfortunate error messing up worldly perfection. I get frustrated with all of the above too, for I am broken, not like God. Lord, give me your wisdom, your patience, and knowledge of your will for me and the strength to carry that out in all I do. I believe we have work to do while we are here and need to be actively engaged in allowing God to work through us. A Christian is someone who does what The Father, Son and Holy Spirit calls them to do, a builder not a taker, a conduit not a pinnacle, humble and serving. Micah 6:8 Matthew 25:31-46