The key to the book of Proverbs (Proverbs blog #1)
Proverbs – a tricky book I have spent more time in the book of Proverbs than any other book over the last few years. I have loved it, with my love increasing over time as I have understood it better and had more time to think upon it (though I have a lot more of both still to do!). But I imagine my personal experience with Proverbs was similar to many other Christians – it started with utter confusion ! I could just about follow chapters 1-9, but then when I hit the wall of proverb after proverb after proverb from chapter 10 onwards, my mind melted. While I could find encouragement from the individual proverb here or there, I had no sense of how they fitted together, and was lightyears away from seeing a coherent message from the book as a whole. Proverbs is a tricky book! Proverbs – a precious book Thankfully, the book has felt less and less tricky and more and more precious to me over these last few years of thinking. The aim of this series of blogs is to share things I hav