by Allan Brown | Mar 22, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 8
Prov 8:13 [ESV] The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate. In my life I have known fear – fear of violent people, fear of extreme heights, fear of very tight enclosed spaces. All these fears have...
by Allan Brown | Mar 22, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 8
Prov 8:12 [ESV] I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion. I remember one of the first games of football I played when I lived in the Highlands. It was a local team that played in the local league and travelled up to 100km each weekend...
by Allan Brown | Mar 22, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 8
Prov 8:11 [ESV] for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her. When we moved into our first Australian house in Sydney we soon discovered that we did not have anywhere to hang out our laundry to dry. Now, for certain, one...
by Allan Brown | Mar 22, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 8
Prov 8:10 [ESV] Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold. I get up most mornings at between 4.30 and 5.30am, and start my routine. A litre of cold water with fresh lemon juice for my body. A time of prayer for my focus on my...
by Allan Brown | Mar 22, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 8
Prov 8:9 [ESV] They are all straight to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge. I remember sitting at my dining table late one night. It would have been after midnight I think. This was many years before I got married. It was a Sunday night...
by Allan Brown | Mar 22, 2025 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 8
Prov 8:8 [ESV] All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them. I remember one day when I was at the side of my bed in prayer. I was on my knees and praying, not necessarily making that great a job of it – as I struggled...
