Seek god first

“In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.” (Proverbs 3:6)

An older woman offered a word of advice  to a young woman who shared she was engaged to be married. With excitement she shared her plans and noted that she had received advice from many friends and family members to not rush into marriage after being engaged for just 3 months. She stated, “We know what we are doing.” The older woman shared, “Whatever you do, strive to have a teachable spirit.

“There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.” (Proverbs 14:12)

Charles Spurgeon stated, “Rebecca heard that God had decreed that her favourite son Jacob should be ruler of the two. ‘The elder shall serve the younger.’ She could not wait for God’s providence to fulfil God’s purpose, but needed to deceive her blind husband. She dresses up her son with skins of goats, and cooks the savoury meat, and sends Jacob, who was, though a good man, the very picture of a politic and prudent professor, to meet his father and to deceive him. Ah! If Rebecca had been wise, she would not have done this. Little did she foresee that her decision would drive her favorite son away from his affectionate mother, give him years of toil under Laban, cause him to make the great mistake of his life, the commission of the error of polygamy, and make him a far more afflicted man than he might have been had he been like Abraham or Isaac, who leaned not to their own understandings, but trusted in God with all their hearts.

Dear Lord, help us to stop and listen to your direction so that we don’t take a path that seems right but the path that you have chosen for us.

GiGi❤️