Category: Mishlei Musings
The Appetite of the Wise
Tags: character, controlling desires, Mishlei Musings
In the last episode of Mishlei Musings we learned the value of speaking in love. We saw that it is often difficult to control the tone of our voices in times of emotion. In addition to speaking in love, controlling our appetites and desires is also essential to our spiritual growth in life. Those appetites as well as our personal character traits are God-given and His desire is for us...
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Speaking In Love
Tags: anger, love, speech
Controlling our tempers is difficult. At times anger burns inside us, and it is tough to resist unleashing it on whomever is around. For some, anger is shown by withdrawal and remaining silent. For others, it is expressed by slamming of doors and banging things around. Most of us express anger in our words. Yet, as James tells us, no one can claim to be religious if he cannot control...
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Slow to Anger
Tags: anger, discipline, mishlei musings
As we saw in the last episode of Mishlei Musings, discipline is a difficult but necessary component to our spiritual walks. The discipline that we receive from both our parents and from HaShem benefits us. It makes us better people and helps refine our characters. Where there is a lack of discipline there is a lack of Godly instruction and growth. Yet in addition to receiving and accepting discipline, we...
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A Father's Discipline
Tags: discipline, Mishlei Musings, proverbs
In the last episode of Mishlei Musings we learned about the characteristics of honesty and truth. These high moral traits are not acquired overnight but require a lifelong pursuit. In our ongoing quest for a closer relationship with God, sooner or later we will end up off track. We will get lost in the day-to-day grind of life and lose sight of the greater picture of eternity. In these times...
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Honesty & Truth
Tags: falsehood, honesty, lying, mishlei musings, proverbs, truth
As we have discovered, there are many blessings to be found in living a life of Torah through Messiah. The Father promises to take care of those who call on His name and are obedient to His ways. We will learn in this episode of Mishlei Musings that one of the ways of Hashem is truth. The Messiah always spoke the truth and the Scriptures are clear that this is...
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The Protection of the Righteous
Tags: Mishlei Musings, protection, proverbs, righteousness
In the last episode we spoke about the blessings of Torah that come upon the righteous. We saw that many of these blessings were not always material in nature or something that you can buy; rather they were things that are worth much more than that like wisdom, gladness and a long life. Sometimes these blessings don't arrive in the way we think they should, but His wisdom is greater...
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Blessing of the Righteous
Tags: blessing, Mishlei Musings, proverbs, rightouesness
"A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother." - Proverbs 10:1 The book of Proverbs is primarily dedicated to instructing us in the wisdom and knowledge of a Torah lifestyle. It is from the perspective of a father who is instructing his son and imploring him to walk in righteousness. But not only does the writer of Proverbs tell us what...
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More Posts in Mishlei Musings
- Teaching Torah (May, 2009)
- The Fruit of Humility (March, 2009)
- Torah On Our Heart (March, 2009)
- Guarding Our Eyes (February, 2009)
- Guarding Wisdom (January, 2009)
- Love of Money (January, 2009)
- Balancing Love and Fear (December, 2008)
- Fear of God (December, 2008)
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