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"Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone" (Proverbs 25:14).
Now, there's a contrast between 13 and 14, Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift, you have the true messenger, the faithful messenger, in verse 13; and then you have this false messenger who boasts himself of a false gift. He is like clouds and winds without rain. In other words, they appear that they're going to do something, it looks like it might rain, but nothing happens.
In modern parlance,
All hat no cattle.
All show no go.
All hammer no nail.
All talk no action.
Or in the political world, a candidate devoid of actual substance -- having no real message -- campaigns on the faults of his opponent. He's got an "eagle eye" talent for seeing every flaw -- skilled in deflection, denigration, and/or fear-mongering versus bringing forth good ideas that are built upon a solid resume of genuine accomplishment.
Produce empty rhetoric, or bring forth the works. Log treadmill mile after repetitive motion injury treadmill mile, or blaze trails. No Can-Do, or Can-Do.
Disability, or the sky's the limit.
We all know what happened to Jesus for threatening the status quo just by his walking around and actually getting stuff done, and showing everyone how it's done. Hey that's not it's supposed to work.
A lot of busness goes into redefining the Messiah and his message out of existence, because the show must go on:
So, Jehovahs Witnesses, or Mormons, are some heretic that preaches some other gospel...
Whoso boasteth himself, he is proud of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. If there was ever a verse in Proverbs that define the Charismatic movement, that's it right there. It is based on carnal pride...
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Daily Bible study is necessary if we are going to begin our day with the right attitude and the right spiritual diet. Proverbs has 31 chapters, and most months have 31 days, so let's read a chapter of Proverbs a day and see what God might have for us. As the Lord leads, share with us what God has shown you in a special way:
31 days, 31 chapters... one-a-day like a morning vitamin pill, or
John 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Which reminds me,
I had a most unusually framed dream this morning:
I had approached the Messiah. He was working inside of an empty bath enclosure. It was sort of a indoor pool, but the floor was at the same level as the room. Open in front though, like a large shower area. Tiled inside with small white tiles. The walls were about 3' high.
(A view from above would be like the hierogyph for a house.)
He was busy scrubbing the grout that was right under the top level of tiles (the ones that capped off the enclosure). The grout was really dirty and dark, and it looked like he sure had his work cut out for him, but there he was with a toothbrush, earnestly cleaning in the smallest crevices until not a speck of grunge was left.
When I saw him it made me very happy. Not because the place needed cleaning and he was cleaning, but for his attitude. I remarked on his genuine interest in getting everything so incredibly clean for its own sake, and that with him around for the inspiration and good cheer, I'd have the endless energy and motivation to clean and organize everything in my house the way I really want it to be. Excellent. I wanted to clean.
Here's the unusual part of the dream...
Later in the day in another place, a saw the Messiah. It was actually the same man, yet...
I was there to tell him that he had to meet up with the other man whom I saw earlier in the day, that they'd make a perfect team and would get along great! They'd do so much by working together. He was curious but not just going to drop what he was doing.
I explained how that other man was meticulously scrubbing the tile, same thing he'd be doing if he saw dirty tile. As I gave him more details about the first man, he realized that he knew who he was. They'd been to school together. Then he knew to go with me to meet up with him.
But he was actually going to meet up with his own self.
Those who were with him (a couple of familiy members) went their way, and we went ours -- to the man cleaning the tile.
In related news (didn't see this info until today, and only yesterday had I seen a bit of info about the particular choirboy, no identity mentioned)
And it's not the first time Barnaby has been singled out for his talents, MailOnline can reveal, after the treble last year played the part of The Child in a Youth Opera production of The Selfish Giant.
A review in The Times picked him out for praise, saying: 'While I wish that the Child's role could be even bigger, given it's a family show, Barnaby Scholes sings with a lovely purity.'
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He could be seen singing his heart out during the Psalm 42: 1-7 during the service, moving expressively as the choral music filled the abbey.
One social media user said: 'The little red-headed choirboy has stolen my heart with his earnestness.'
Another described the chorister as a 'superstar' while others praised his 'theatrical performance'.
One user tweeted that they aren't a fan of prayer and choirs, but that the 'ginger kid' was 'living his best life'.
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Scholes
Recorded in several forms including Choale, Choales, Schole, Scholes, School, Schoole, Schools and Skoole, this is an English surname. It is residential or locational, and derives from the pre 7th century Olde Norse word 'skali' meaning a hut or temporary shelter.
I'm not on social media so I missed all of the choirboy excitement til now. Now I see that a lot of articles have titles similar to...
Young choir singer praised for 'putting his soul' into performance
To sum up the dream (thanks to Barnaby, who suddenly became a superstar on account of his soul)
'The red-headed man cleaning the tile has stolen my heart with his earnestness.'
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By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.