Proverbs 4 (new blog format)

*if you want to know what this blog is about, go back and read my first one called "Proverbs 1"*

Well I guess i missed a couple of days writing in this blog and realized that would probably happen a lot so I guess I've decided not to make it a goal of writing in this every single day...otherwise I know I'll end up jotting down stuff just for the sake of jotting it down.

I'm just going to post stuff on this from time to time (3 times a week maybe) something like that.

I was gonna try to write something on every Proverb (and maybe eventually i will) but mainly just to use it to put down my thoughts on anything really.

One verse I love is Proverbs 4:18

"But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day"

I've always loved the theme of "Morning" whenever it is used in the bible to describe God's kingdom or Christ himself (ie: the morning star) I think this verse really digs into that.

The whole concept of perfect righteousness being compared to the bright, beautiful full day; and just as important, how its not OUR righteousness, but Christ. If we were left alone to ourselves and our works, the image remains one of utter darkness (night). But when Jesus accomplished the perfection that God demands and rose from the grave (early in the morning by the way) we too rise with Him. Through faith alone, we have a sort of "dawn" begin in our lives...a completely "new day". We're not "perfected yet"...just as the darkness is not totally gone at 4:30 am....but the light has begun. One day....the sun will have risen in it's fullness.

I love to remember the joy I had riding my bike throughout my subdivision on a bright summer morning at the beginning of summer vacation. I think that is a hint of what is to come.

-michael