Haste make waste!! Proverbs 19:1-3

Good morning all. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!!!!
   How was your weekend?  Wow!  Mine was really great.  A couple of men came to church who have accepted Jesus, then choose to walk in the woods alone, then came back into fellowship.  It was awesome.  They renewed their relationship with the LORD, and are not in jail.  Two major and great steps.  Plus, they are working and productive.  YEA!!
   Proverbs 19: 1-3 today.  They are quite interesting. But first, if you have a burden on your heart, do not stop "praying" about it until you get an answer.  Some preachers will tell you pray once or twice and then leave it to God.  If you keep asking you are doubting.  I sorely disagree with this stand.  As I have mention earlier, Honi, a Jewish prophet, stood in the circle and prayed until God provided the proper rainfall.  If the children of God had only walked around Jericho 6 times, would there have been the same result?  NO!  Do you prayer life in obedience to God, just as you study your Bible, help people, etc. do this in obedience.
   Mothers pray for their children sometimes 40....50 years before the child may accept the LORD. Be diligent, be consistent, be obedient in prayer.
   Proverbs 19: Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.² Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.³ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.
 The NIV provides an easy to understand version. Verse 1 ---
                       Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.
Be blameless than a fool whose lips what????????  Lie, twist the truth, contrary, disobedient---these things are perverse.  Are you perverse?
   Verse 2----  Desire without knowledge is not good— how much more will hasty feet miss the way!
Look at the first part----if I wish to be a great piano player, but don't have a piano, don't take lessons, nor ever play a piano how can I become a great piano player?  Sounds stupid huh?  Well, how many times do we fall into this trap where we desire (want) something, but don't learn about it first.
   The second part --cliche'----"haste makes waste".   We jump into something without knowledge, we just hastily do it.  Meet a girl or guy, they are charming, good looking, dress nice, and wow----let's get married.  Yet you know nothing about them, their life, they are just "eye candy" and you make a hasty decision.
   And now verse 3----A person’s own folly leads to their ruin,  yet their heart rages against the Lord. 
 You own folly-- folly is lack of sense, foolishness, foolish action, foolish undertaking that is expensive.  So, by my impulsiveness, my hastiness I will rush into things and .......the last part says we will blame God, the LORD, it is not our fault.
   So, what are we being told here?  We know not what the future holds so do your homework, ask the right questions, and be sure you are following God.  If you can't be true (to God) then you can be a fool.  The choice is yours---now make the right one.  Love you all.
In Christ's Love and Grace
   Johnny