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As we say goodbye to 2017 and say hello to 2018 it's smart to have a plan to make the coming year better than the previous one.   To do that we all need wisdom and, when it comes to wisdom, the biblical book of Proverbs is the place to go.   I've scoured through the wisdom of Solomon and leave these Top Ten Proverbs with you to help you make the most of the coming year: Proverbs 4:25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you. Be thankful for your past and learn from your past but don’t live in your past.   Focus on the future.   2017 is over and 2108 is here.   Spend more time looking to the future than rehashing the past.   There's a reason why your car's windshield is a lot bigger than the rearview mirror. Proverbs 11:13 A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret. You don’t have to let everyone know everything you know.   As tempting as it is to share those juicy secrets ...

I don’t watch Duck Dynasty (I don’t hunt and couldn’t grow one of those beards in a million years) and I don’t read GQ (I have no style whatsoever), but when the two collided this week even I took notice!   I read the article in GQ and to my naïve surprise was accosted by words you don’t hear in church.   The article seems to mock the Robertsons in more than one way the least of which is their fundamental religious convictions.   As noted, I'm not a reader of GQ but my impression is that this snide disrespect for the evangelical world   is pretty typical of this periodical and this particular author.   That's their right, just my observation.   What I'm wondering is why would Phil Robertson grant an interview to these people in the first place?   He skipped out on a Barbara Walters interview to go duck hunting, but decides to talk to GQ?   Is anyone surprised this blew up in his face? Two bits of wisdom from the Proverbs came to mind: ...

Buildings collapse ... School out going on four days ... Motorists stranded in freezing temps It's Iceageddon!! This is Texas, for crying out loud!!   Who would have expected something like this to happen to us?   But isn’t life like that sometimes.   The unexpected happens and we are forced to deal with it.   Having grown up in New England, a storm of this magnitude would have hardly upset the normal rhythm of life, but New Englanders are prepared for things like this.   In Texoma there's a meager supply of plows, salt, and shovels.   In our Massachusetts home, we were ready.   We had a ample resources of rock salt, we had shovels, we had sleds, we were ready for the winter storms.     Living in Texoma, I am not prepared and when you're not prepared disaster strikes.   Preparation is critical! This lack of preparation reminds me of one of Jesus' stories, his story of the ten virgins waiting for a wedding banquet to begin...