Wednesday, 25 June 2014 "Advice for young men on the prowl"
REALLY? Or a creative way to meet women? Photo by Maxwell Mariano.
I’m taking a break for a few days. But I’ll leave you in the care of wise counsel.
AS I STOOD AT THE WINDOW of my house
looking out through the shutters,
Watching the mindless crowd stroll by,
I spotted a young man without any sense
Arriving at the corner of the street where she lived,
then turning up the path to her house.
It was dusk, the evening coming on,
the darkness thickening into night.
Just then, a woman met him—
she’d been lying in wait for him, dressed to seduce him.
Brazen and brash she was,
restless and roaming, never at home,
Walking the streets, loitering in the mall,
hanging out at every corner in town.
She threw her arms around him and kissed him,
boldly took his arm and said,
“I’ve got all the makings for a feast—
today I made my offerings, my vows are all paid,
So now I’ve come to find you,
hoping to catch sight of your face—and here you are!
I’ve spread fresh, clean sheets on my bed,
colorful imported linens.
My bed is aromatic with spices
and exotic fragrances.
Come, let’s make love all night,
spend the night in ecstatic lovemaking!
My husband’s not home; he’s away on business,
and he won’t be back for a month.”
Soon she has him eating out of her hand,
bewitched by her honeyed speech.
Before you know it, he’s trotting behind her,
like a calf led to the butcher shop,
Like a stag lured into ambush
and then shot with an arrow,
Like a bird flying into a net
not knowing that its flying life is over.
So, friends, listen to me,
take these words of mine most seriously.
Don’t fool around with a woman like that;
don’t even stroll through her neighborhood.
Countless victims come under her spell;
she’s the death of many a poor man.
She runs a halfway house to hell,
fits you out wit( a shroud and a coffin.(Proverbs 7:6-27)
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Friday, 27 June 2014 "A word of advice to the preacher"
LONG-WINDED? No way would I accuse one of the most beloved popes in recent generations of talking too much. But Pope Francis would be the first to admit that he has to watch his mouth just like the rest of us. Caricature by DonkeyHotey.
I’m taking a break for a few days. But I’ll leave you in the care of wise counsel.
THE MORE YOU TALK,
the more likely you are to say something dumb.
Be smart. Don’t talk so much.(Proverbs 10:19, Steve’s Bible Translation)
See also the New Living Translation.
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