Todays Reading September 10

Today is our wedding anniversary, the date that my beloved and I said, ''I do'', and , ''I will'' in front of God and a whole lot of people. I am so grateful for her and that He put us together. As I said here a year ago in very different circumstances, I will always be struck by the contrast between today and the love it represents, and tomorrow's anniversary of the evil done by Islam on 9/11 (and every other day of the year, for that matter).
This morning, continuing in the Proverbs, we take up chapters 17 and 18. Like all the Proverbs, these contain some you will probably recognize. These are good teaching tools, good rules for life. They don't get you into Heaven, but if followed by all would make life on Earth better.

10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

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19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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This evening's New Testament reading is 2nd Corinthians Chapter 2.

14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
16 To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.