tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882250860290921060.post9052241567335177347..comments2023-07-07T09:10:54.002-04:00Comments on Hope Faith & Life: Keeping the peaceKaren Kyle Ericsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519939237365240288noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882250860290921060.post-68735092777047549792011-11-16T10:02:04.295-05:002011-11-16T10:02:04.295-05:00It is a great verse. Sometimes the Bible is so si...It is a great verse. Sometimes the Bible is so simple it just takes you by surprise. I should probably put that in my calendar : )Karen Kyle Ericsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519939237365240288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882250860290921060.post-19438052703210466302011-11-16T05:22:18.840-05:002011-11-16T05:22:18.840-05:00"28 Even fools are thought wise if they keep ..."28 Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,and discerning if they hold their tongues." Karen, this is my fave! Great advise. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970598232649255008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882250860290921060.post-48800166035672624482011-11-15T15:28:10.041-05:002011-11-15T15:28:10.041-05:00Thanks Clint! God bless you.Thanks Clint! God bless you.Karen Kyle Ericsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519939237365240288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882250860290921060.post-47951137907585632011-11-15T13:04:24.404-05:002011-11-15T13:04:24.404-05:00Excellent!Excellent!Clinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417401195683808500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882250860290921060.post-54905875163194390192011-11-15T10:43:07.403-05:002011-11-15T10:43:07.403-05:00Thanks for your comments J. I really like the ide...Thanks for your comments J. I really like the idea of looking up a Proverb for each day of the month. And, would love to hear my Pastor say one with each sermon. This wisdom is so real when I read it and makes so much sense, but hard to remember in real life. Your husband sounds like a wonderful man. My husband is quiet too. He has a hearing problem so he's more inclined to just listen too. He's a wonderful Occupational Therapist- his patients love him (as do I).Karen Kyle Ericsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519939237365240288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882250860290921060.post-21152806549605109592011-11-15T08:53:45.484-05:002011-11-15T08:53:45.484-05:00This blog is loaded with things to ponder and grea...This blog is loaded with things to ponder and great scriptures. I loved the cat situation as you traveled East from the West. I can just picture that although in all our travels with between two and four cats at a time we never had one hang from the ceiling. :D Sometimes when things got scary one would jump in my lap though. <br /><br />Proverbs 17 is full of wisdom and practicality. One of my pastors made a practice of quoting a Proverb before each of his Sunday sermons using the same number as the date. So on the 17 of November he would quote something from Proverbs 17. It always rang a bell for me and still does because every so often I look up one on the corresponding number of the date. <br /><br />I especially appreciate the wisdom in Proverbs 17:28.you quote above: "Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,<br />and discerning if they hold their tongues." My husband is a quiet man of few words. What most people don't realize is that this is partially due to a stammer he is still losing from his childhood. But this also enabled him to learn to listen from an early age. So he is very easy for most to talk to because this silence gives a glow of peace and warm acceptance to them. Not that he doesn't care or wish to have more dialogue; he is just better at listening than sharing. I am a chatter box who also cares. He is learning to share more and I am learning to listen better! We make a good pair! Yes, there is a time for all things and that means even in limiting prayers that go on and on using words endlessly. Surely God hears before we even speak because he knows our innermost thoughts. He wants us to be still and know He is God. He wants us to take the time to listen to Him. He also wants us in trust to know that He is the one in charge. Thanks for this thoughtful blog, Karen. Speaks volumes and made me reflect this morning. J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com