What does it mean?
Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the LORD adds length to life,
but the years of the wicked are cut short.
Emily from the Sunday School class, asked what does it mean to “fear the Lord?” Is fearing the Lord an old fashioned concept? Or does it just lead to the appropriation of the authority of the Mighty God by a priestly class?
Read as an injunction to honor and reverence the “First Things” this simple Proverb seems simplistic. I’ll keep trying to add life to my fast fleeting senior days. Lots of wicked ones live just as long!
So a photo moment…We didn’t get to gather for the Christmas holidays until Tania and Bartley came on Christmas Eve. Marianne cooked a great meal for everyone. And while she was cooking the gray day suddenly burst a perfect double rainbow. We all ran outside with our cameras.
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:07 am
The lovely penguin ladies taught us in our infancy that to “fear the Lord” does not mean to be afraid, it means to stand in awe of His Glory and His Power. Strange the bits and pieces of trivia I remember sometimes.
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:01 pm
I fear the Lord and I am wicked…so,and so it reminds of the song “Somewhere over the Rainbow”….