Day 508 of 1000
It got close to 70° F yesterday in Raleigh. When I got to the car this morning here in Prescott, there was a light dusting of very dry snow. The marvellous little rental car I am driving (It is a Ford Focus and I am surprised I like it so much) showed the outside temperature to be 19° F. Brisk. As a further aside, that little car has been a joy to drive. It has all the stuff I need–cruise control, a USB plugging for charging my cell phone, great gas mileage, and it is fun to drive. The weather in Prescott really reminds me of the weather in Klamath Falls, although I suppose Klamath is probably a little colder. I think maybe it is more like Bend than Klamath Falls in appearance, but that is not exactly true either because the topology here seems to be a little more rugged while their are way fewer trees. I guess every place has its own feel.
I ran into two verses in my bible read I looked for awhile back and could not find. It is in Proverbs 26:3-4 where two verses seem to contradict themselves. I love those verses.
4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
It is not just the subject of the verses that I like, but the wisdom that is required to apply them in any given situation. It confirms to me that people were aware of the need to be led by the spirit, even in Solomon’s day. Solomon’s reign was roughly 500 years before the time when Confucius and Buddha. It appears that Hezekiah wrote down at least some of Solomons proverbs a couple of hundred years before Confucious and Buddha.