June 14 - Pentecost

Proverbs 14:1-27 - The way you just read this section will make these sayings less effective. Unfortunately, we usually read chunks of Proverbs this way, when in fact each snippet is intended to be read and meditated on. Part of the reason for taking each saying on it's own and spending time with it is that we find it so easy to say, "yeah yeah yeah, I get it." Sure, we may "get it" in the reading, but are we "getting it" in our life? For the writers of Proverbs, and for the Author of Wisdom, these are not just mental exercises. Which of these proverbs do you find easiest to understand, but hardest to live?

John 15:1-11 - Jesus speaks figuratively, yet very plainly about our need for him. He is the vine. All who are found in him have life and bear fruit. All the instruction in the world (see above) would not bring us life in it's fullness. Only Jesus can do that.