![]() ![]() To the crowd’s surprise, the picture that won was of a mountain too but was more plain and rugged than the other piece. Most of those who viewed the paintings of peace from different artists thought that this painting was the best among all others.īut the king had another winner in mind. Many artists decided to participate and sent the king their masterpieces.Īmong the various masterpieces, one picture was of a calm lake closely resembling peacefully towering snow-capped mountains where a blue sky with fluffy clouds was overheard. Once there was a king who offered to give a prize to an artist who could best paint a depiction of peace. It may also give you a good idea of what peace is like not only in your life but for others as well. Even the wicked know the truth of this proverb.If you are looking for inspirational stories about peace, this short story will provide an example of the way some people might see peace in their lives and how it appears to them. This is an important principle to learn, and the ones who have learned it (both the righteous and the wicked) have achieved great success in life. How many men and women have died young because of their foolish ways? Poor decisions about lifestyles, ways to pursue pleasure, were as Proverbs 16:25 says, seemed right at the time, but in truth were ways to death.ģ2 Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,Īnd he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. But also to the point is that living a righteous life avoids the pitfalls of the wicked and foolish life so that one is able to live out one’s days. ![]() God rewards a good life with length of life. Long, productive life is often the reward for such persons, whose gray hair serves as evidence. a person who is morally good, treats others justly, and is devoted to God. Perhaps the most unsettling factor of growing old is growing weaker, unable to protect and provide for oneself as once able.Įven so, old age is to be valued by those who attain it because (and this is the essential element) of living a righteous life. Old age literally has its aches and pains. Those who watch for my life consult togetherġ7 O God, from my youth you have taught me,Īnd I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.Ģ0 You who have made me see many troubles and calamities So he prays to God to be his protector.Ģ In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me ĩ Do not cast me off in the time of old age įorsake me not when my strength is spent. That certainly is a problem the elderly can relate to today. His problem is this: Now that he is old and no longer strong, his enemies are trying to take advantage of him. Psalm 71 was written by someone who had entered into old age. Though the biblical writers honored old age, they were also realistic about its problems. Young men have strength old men (and women) have wisdom. The proverb already quoted – The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair (20:29) – is not exalting a hair color but wisdom. Thus the term, which originally refers to age, took on the added meaning of leader. The elders of Jewish society were the authorities and judges. In general, the older the person, the more respect he or she was given for possessing wisdom. The law, in Leviticus 19:32, commanded respect: You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the LORD. This proverb comes out of a culture that honors old age. “Would you like to turn your hair gray? Try living a righteous life.” If Solomon is trying to lure us into living a righteous life with the promise of gray hair as our crown, he needs to hire a marketing firm. ![]() “You kids are enough to give me gray hair!” “I didn’t have gray hair until I took this job.” We envy the man or woman able to enter middle age with no gray hairs. If there was only another proverb that said something like, “How magnificent is the head unencumbered with temporal hair”! Let me read a similar proverb: The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair (20:29). What I hope you will obtain from these lessons is the solution to a peaceful life. We are told that gray hair is a glorious crown patience is more effective than strength and an act of chance is a sure thing of being of God. We have an interesting selection of proverbs. ![]()
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