Dear Colleagues, I've had the occasion to tarry in my journey of late over three passages of Scripture discussed in our recent House Church worship service this Sunday after Easter here in Denver. Would appreciate any ruminations you care to add to this reflective stew. I admit and give fair warning I have not been taken up into the wisdom of Proverbs over the years as I have with the Psalms. Yet I think there are nuggets of wisdom to be mined for reflection in our meditative study of the Bible. ........................................................................ The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.- Proverbs 10:7 A faithful one will abound with blessings, but s/he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished. - Proverbs 28:20 ...and the base (insignificant or lowly) things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are...- I Corinthians1:28 And two tangential messages on the pages reviewed that captured my attention: Happy are those who are always reverent, but those who harden their hearts will fall into calamity.- Proverbs 28:19 ...as it is written, "Let all who glory, glory in the LORD.I Corinthians 1:31 Your thoughts? G&P, Dawn Collins We love the Creator/Source because the Source/Creator loved us first.- 1 John 4:`19