Friday, July 11, 2008
Proverbs 20
20:5 "The purposes of a man's heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out." I just get the picture of a well in my mind. It seems like all the good stuff, in this case "purposes of a man's (or woman's) heart," is at the bottom of the well. And understanding is the tool or the bucket used to obtain it. So if we don't have understanding we will never figure out the purposes of our hearts. Do we value understanding in the way that? As if the purposes of our heart have were not obtainable any other way.
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This is Rachel L. This verse had me confused at first but Nick's "picture" helped me. This verse really emphasizes how important understanding is. Simply it means that to reach your full purpose for God you must be wise and understanding. I think this verse really summarizes what the whole book of Proverbs is trying to tell us.
Like Rachel, I didn't understand this verse until I pictured Nick's picture in my mind. I think that people don't try to understand other people. I think they just assume that they know what's going on but maybe they don't.
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