Chapters New Book - Simply Living

I thought I should tell you about the new book we are reading for Chapters.  The book is "Simply Living...Modern Wisdom from the Ancient Book of Proverbs".  I'll read what's on the back of the book so you can get an idea about the book.  "The book of Proverbs deals with the human search for meaning.  Through reason, experience, common sense, and observation, the sages sought to discover God in the details of daily life.  In Simply Living, Cecil Murphey reacquaints us with dozens of proverbs - some familiar and some forgotten- and helps us apply these ancient insights to the problems with which we contend in our modern lives."

Isn't that something.  The problems and concerns we have in our lives today, the people in ancient times had as well.  AND the Bible addresses situations that span the mighty reaches of time.  Whenever I read the Proverbs I usually find myself saying, "Duh".  Or I find myself going, "OK already God!  I know I'm suppose do that, but it's easier said than done."  Or I find myself saying, "Oh yeah.  I forgot."  The Proverbs seem like common sense little life nuggets or something we find in a fortune cookie. (Sidebar:  Which you rarely get fortunes out of fortunes cookies anymore!!! What's the point?")

So if the Proverbs are common sense...why do we need reminding so much?  Notice how in Proverbs the author just gets right to the point and says what he says.  Maybe so we don't have to dig deep in our supplemental study bibles to understand the true meaning of the passage.  It's just laid all out there for us to have an immediate reaction or thought.  Why is it harder to live it then?  Proverbs talks about watching your mouth.  Why do I continue to babble digging myself into holes and awkward situations?  Proverbs says a soft answer turns away wrath yet when my daugther does the "teenage" thing, I fly off the handle.

The book Simply Living is a good reminder and talks about real life situations and how using the Proverbs can help us live the life God wants us to live.

We will meet on MARCH 1. That's on a Tuesday night at Biggby Coffee at 7:00.  Enjoy reading!