Proverbs 5
Warning against Adultery.
1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom,
listen well to my words of insight,
- I'm beginning to think The King doesn't think i'm listening with all these reminders! Eh, i probably need it.
2 that you may maintain discretion
and your lips may preserve knowledge.
3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey,
and her speech is smoother than oil;
4 but in the end she is bitter as gall,
sharp as a double-edged sword.
- Women Scare me. It's the truth. I probably shouldn't admit that online. but, they do. Probably why i keep them at friendship level.
5 Her feet go down to death;
her steps lead straight to the grave. [a]
6 She gives no thought to the way of life;
her paths are crooked, but she knows it not.
7 Now then, my sons, listen to me;
do not turn aside from what I say.
8 Keep to a path far from her,
do not go near the door of her house,
9 lest you give your best strength to others
and your years to one who is cruel,
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth
and your toil enrich another man's house.
11 At the end of your life you will groan,
when your flesh and body are spent.
12 You will say, "How I hated discipline!
How my heart spurned correction!
13 I would not obey my teachers
or listen to my instructors.
14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin
in the midst of the whole assembly."
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
running water from your own well.
16 Should your springs overflow in the streets,
your streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone,
never to be shared with strangers.
18 May your fountain be blessed,
and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer—
may her breasts satisfy you always,
may you ever be captivated by her love.
20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress?
Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife?
21 For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD,
and he examines all his paths.
22 The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him;
the cords of his sin hold him fast.
23 He will die for lack of discipline,
led astray by his own great folly.
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Adultery. What a topic. It entangles many men.
I pray with my brothers in this battle against the "Adulteress". I wish i could say that I was immune to the Adulteress women of this world. But it is something we must continually guard our hearts and mind against. God has made the union between two people to be very special. Satan has distorted what love is, and made it quite perverse. And worse yet, men truly believe they have to fight this fight alone.
Now on the flip side to you women. In verse 6 it says that an adulteress woman's ways are crooked and she knows it not. I truly think thats why I hate playing games in relationship. That's as far as i'll go with that.
But, i know the XXXchurch.com pastors wrote a book i think, on some of the stories of what goes on in the Porn industry. It's apparently a pretty brutal and mean occupation and most of them do drugs, and i guess a lot of threats. It breaks my heart to see people in the industry, it hurts that we as people continue to make the industry profitable, and we are unknowingly causing the abuse of humankind and defiling the whole meaning of Love and what it was created for.
Nw with that being only one aspect of adultery, there are other forms that men and woman get entangled in.
Women especially in the fact that you have to protect your minds and stop comparing your husband/boyfriend to the other fella's (such as myself) that walk into your life and show glimpses of what you think might be a better match for you. I've never liked dating in that fashion because it always seemed like it was training for divorce. If you don't like something about the guy/girl then dump them for the upgrade you see across the way.
Well this is only one chapter on Adultery and if i remember correctly, i'm pretty sure were warned against it again in later Proverbs, so i'll let you all think on that for a bit.
i pray for my brothers that we may be able to lift one another with our struggles and be open and honest so that whomever needs healing or strength or encouragement may find it.
I pray for my sisters that they may find encouragement from one another in knowing that they are beautiful the way they are, and do not need to be altered physically to gain the true love and affection that a man should desire for his wife.
I pray that we are able to be as a family and embrace one another with all of our faults and sins, and learn to grow amidst all the adversity that living life together brings. That we may all learn to love one another becuase He first loved us.
To my Revolution Bros and Siss's. The next few weeks we will be going through the new Vision. I've not heard anything, but i encourage you to dig in and take ownership so that we may become believers that encourage and challenge one another and go out to share the love that was so freely given to us.


