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5 In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls,
but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.
6 Start children off on the way they should go,
and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:5-6
When you were young, did your parents start you off in the way you should go? When you were a young adult, did you hear God's voice and teachings start you off in the way you should go? As an older adult, do you listen to God's voice in the way you should go? At one time in our life, whether it be our parents, grandparents, someone in authority or God has taught us the way we should go. Whether we listened to that, this is another story for another time. As I enter my latter years, and I am experiencing my second child graduating from high school, I ask myself have I started my children off in the way they should go, or did I do enough. While it is my responsibility to start them off, they all have personal choices, but they also have God who can guide them long after I have given my guidance. I tend to forget that God is still guiding me at times as well, but know that He is ever faithful and will guide me away from the path of the wicked snares. Did you know doubting God is one of those pitfalls that the enemy puts out there for us, but that if we remember how we were taught in the way we should go, we will be fine. God provides, God protects, and God cares. What a better guide than God and His teachings, we just need to remember what everyone has said along the way and keep God out front.
Have a great weekend.
Matt
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