Showing posts with label proverbs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label proverbs. Show all posts

8.04.2012

Wood to Fire

"As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife."
Proverbs 26.21

We had all been at each other's throats for a couple of hours.  It seemed like we were constantly quarreling: Elijah against Malachi, Elijah against me, me against Nate, Malachi smashing Luke...

The 5 of us were in the car and decided to buy firewood for the smores.  While Nate and the 2 boys were out getting the wood, I turned on the Kindle for a few quiet moments alone to resume my Bible reading for the day.

I thought it was totally ironic that