So... after a dear older friend encouraged me last January to read Proverbs to Olivia, I have finally started doing it. 10 months to do a new thing is about my speed. Explains my metabolism.
I used our NET Bible since it has so much commentary, and I figured I would need as much help as I could get. My knowledge of Proverbs is Proverbs 3:5-6 and the dreaded Proverbs 31 Woman. I have a couple of friends who actually live up to those verses, and I would totally despise them if they weren't so darned sweet and kind!
I read a little bit, explain as I go, like why it actually IS a good thing to fear God, and today I glossed over the whole 'stay away from sexually immoral women' part. She is smart, but not savvy enough to know why I read some things faster than others. Just not ready to go down THAT road yet...
Lately I've been feeling the urgency of getting scripture into this little mind, while she still thinks we are wonderful and cool. She's much more apt to listen as Proverbs 1 instructs her to listen to her father and mother!! And I want her to know that God is not some spoil-sport out to ruin her good time, but He truly wants to keep us from things that are harmful to us.
The hand of conviction is on my head, too, as I read and tell her these things that I wholly believe in my head, but yet some of my actions reveal that they are not fully ingrained in my heart. Oh, to throw off this weight of sin!!
