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How do you celebrate holidays? The first thing that I do is pray to God each day of the week. I thank God for allowing me to wake up in the morning and being able to breathe His Precious Breath of Life, utilized my Five Senses 🙏. I also thank God for allowing me to pay my bills and rent each month. I celebrate the holidays by attending church on each day; during the holidays. Secondly, I spend time with my family members and friends. I usually cook lunch and dinner for everyone who is at my apartment. I have food allergies such as: onions, shrimp, tomatoes, pineapple, coconut, and grapefruit. I have other allergies that will affect my personal health and well-being of myself. How do you celebrate holidays? During the past few years, I have been spending time all by myself because my family members tend to drink alcohol and smoke marijuana on a regular basis. Therefore, I cannot be around people who are smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol because it would jeopardize my Recovery and sobriety. My family members usually cook enough food to feed over 100 people who are in my family. I celebrate Christmas, Easter, and New Years Eve at Church located in the Dayton, Ohio Area. In most cases, I have spent most of the holidays all by myself. However, I do get in contact with all of my family members and friends. I also get in touch with my Church Members as well. I know that I am supposed to spend time with people who I really do not know. I am trying to lose weight within the next few years. This is because I suffer from Diabetes, Glaucoma,Cataracts, and Schizoid Affective Disorder and Schizophrenia as well as Alzheimers Dementia. I usually celebrate Mothers Day, Father’s Day, and the 4th of July all by myself. Even though, my family members are not too receptive towards me as a person because I do not have the same father as my half siblings. My life during the past 7 years has been filled with Solitude and Loneliness and Sadness because my Grandparents, Mother, and Sister are no longer here on Planet Earth to talk to me right now. Life itself is really what you make of it! My neighbors who live inside of my apartment building do not talk to me anymore. How do I celebrate holidays? I have been lonely and sad right now. I view the holidays as an actual day that The Lord God has made. I do rejoice and be glad in it. This is the Day that The Lord has made. I have my own apartment to really clean up and I have to take care of myself a whole lot better than I used to. I have to purchase new things right now. The Love that I possess inside of my heart, I will take my love that I have for everyone with me to heaven. Love is more important than money. Thank you Lord Jesus Christ for keeping it real with me for 59 years of my life right now. How do I celebrate the holidays right now? I celebrate the holidays with God and Jesus Christ 🙏 🙌. I also have my Sobriety of 34 years and 4 months and 15 days now. All that I know is that God and Jesus Christ Love Me in the same way He Loves You. I am really taking it day by day, and one minute at a time. The Lord is Blessing me; even though I have been giving sparingly. He who reaps sparingly, will also reap sparingly. He who reaps bountifully, will also reap bountifully. Frankly, I am in need of a good paying job. I have to start praying every single day 🙏. I also need to read my Bible and attend Church on a regular basis. I need all of you to please keep me and my entire family members in your prayers and thoughts because; We All Need God and Jesus Christ in our lives 🙏. May The Lord God and Jesus Christ will continue to bless all of you richly. I Love All of You very much for the rest of my existence. God Bless All of You! Thank you for reading my essay about: How Do You Celebrate The Holidays?
WOW! You Are In The 10% You have incredibly sharp vision when it comes to seeing colors in complex patterns. You have a pilot’s eye and an artist’s brain. Your hand eye coordination is above average and you are extremely observant and aware of what is going on around you at all times. How does it feel to be a part of the 10%? Share your results with friends to learn more about them! Share Result Share Quiz WhatsApp Next Quiz Found a mistake? Rate: You may also like: Skip Ad ▶ 00:15 / 00:30
You passed. You’re a creative thinker!! You’re aware of things others are not. You’re sensitive to small changes in your surroundings. You perceive the world in patterns, yet take ambiguity in your stride. And you can easily solve a problem from alternative viewpoints. SHARE your result with the world.
Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail.
Write About your most epic baking or cooking fail. When I was an 11 year old child, I used to bake crumb cakes all of the time for several years. My biggest cooking failure was boiling a whole turkey for a total of 9 hours & the turkey was boiled to perfection. However, I also baked some dressing for my turkey. A lot of people are saying that I have made a mistake by boiling a turkey. Finally, I usually boil my meat with Pinto Beans and rice. Thank you Lord Jesus for giving me the ability to cook foods and desserts.
Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life.
Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. The importance of education. The reason why I am saying this is because I would have graduated from high school on time; instead of 3 years late. I will admit that I used to goof off and become truant from high school for a total of 3 years. The reason why I didn’t go to school because I used to be an alcoholic and addict for an extended period of time. I also suffer from seizures at an early age as well as dealing with issues inside of a neighborhood that was not conducive towards my personal needs. Some of the friends that I was hanging around with used me of my time and resources. The women who I was hanging around with were female prostitutes at the time from 1981 through 1986. The importance of maintaining a good attitude for me is to listen to my Grandparents and mother. I had became mischievous and nonchalant. The Juvenile Court Judge told me to my face that if a child didn’t go to school they were mentally crazy. The importance of maintaining a good attitude is to stay away from people who are attending church and school. Another thing is that I have learned how to become responsible at an early age. I want to mention that the importance of freedom is to stay away from street gangs myself. I had to change my attitude from positive from a negative attitude because I was making bad decisions for myself because my Grandparents and mother decided to oust me from their houses because I was sleeping at the park until 4:00am in the morning because I was smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol with the people who were at the park. The importance of health consists of taking care of myself a whole lot better than usual. The importance of health is having a successful relationship with God and Jesus Christ. I knew that I was a street child because I had refused to listen to God and Jesus Christ as well as my parents. I really didn’t dislike school. I stayed away from school because I had too many enemies. The importance of freedom is to stay away from alcoholics and addicts because they were going to get me into trouble all of the time. I graduated from high school three years late because I wanted to do my own thing. There are people who really wished that they have graduated from high school on time rather than getting into trouble with their friends. Some of my friends literally used me just to get me locked up early in life. Those who do not love you are those who want you to be where they are in life. Some of the people who live inside of my apartment building are smoking marijuana and Fentaynl right now. The women will use you without telling you to your face. Anytime there is a prostitute there is chaos. Some of these women are selling themselves to the highest bidder. I know because I used to purchase sex from female prostitutes from 1986 through 2010. This is the truth because I have been burnt 22 times from having sex with them. Buying sex is not worth it. Some of these women are HIV POSITIVE AND YOU WOULD NOT KNOW IT. YOU CAN CATCH VD FROM ORAL SEX. THIS IS THE TRUTH BECAUSE I USED TO HAVE GONORRHEA IN MY MOUTH FROM PERFORMING ORAL SEX ON MY EX WIFE. SHE REFUSED TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT HERSELF UNTIL SHE HAD PELVIS INFLAMMATORY DISEASE HERSELF BECAUSE SHE WAS A FEMALE PROSTITUTE HERSELF.
You have an exceptionally high color IQ! Your vision is impeccable and you can more easily and quickly identify different shades and colors than the average person. You are a very visual learner, when something is put in front of you, you have photographic memory capabilities – you can easily store images in your brain and retrieve them later.
You think like a scientist, very precisely and logically, but you have immense creative talent as well, which is probably why you found the images in this test so captivating. You’re a color wizard!
What are your favorite types of foods? My favorite foods are chili, boneless chicken, and brownies. My second most favorite foods are breakfast foods and French Vanilla Ice Cream. Thirdly, I eat snack foods like trail mix and Fast Food such as Skyline Chili Restaurant and Arby’s. I love fish from Shark’s and JJ Fish Restaurants. I also eat Mexican and Chinese Foods.
Lady Wisdom warns of the reality that some will continue to ignore her calling. This results in a myriad of undesirable consequences.
Lady Wisdom begins this section with a lament: “Because I called and you refused.” The because that begins this verse is not, as is often the case, linking directly with the preceding verse (23) as a cause-and-effect. Instead, it is setting up an if/then statement that culminates in verse 26. So, the word Because is preceding the cause-and-effect rather than standing in the middle of it. Because you refused and no one paid attention, etc., I will laughat your calamity and mock your dread. Our refusal to listen is the cause, and wisdom’s response to turn us over to the resulting destruction is the effect.
This might seem like a harsh and unkind reply on the part of Lady Wisdom. But reproof and instruction require factual reality. The goal is not for the student to feel good about themselves. The goal is for the student to abandon folly and the resulting disastrous consequences. The student should embrace wisdom instead.
The point here is to acknowledge reality—to describe to the youth how the world actually works. I called and you refused. The fault is on those who do not accept the offer. I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention. When someone does not value wisdom, it is a choice they are actively making—choosing to focus in another direction they see as more lucrative. You neglected my counsel. People often choose to trust in other entities than wisdom. And, finally, you did not want my reproof. Truth is an acquired taste and some of the lessons of reality are hard and uncomfortable.
Anyone who chooses to be a fool and walk in folly will have the consequences of folly. In a great irony, Lady Wisdom will mock the folly of the scoffer. I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes. This harshness is the consequence of our poor choices. Notice the importance of the word “also” in the phrase I will also laugh at your calamity. It is a consequence: the result of mocking wisdom is to be mocked by wisdom. This is the way things are. It is like saying, “If you turn away from me you won’t see me any longer and I won’t see you.” It is kinder to be clear about this upfront, and perhaps offend, than to sugarcoat the true effects of turning from wisdom. The goal here is not to coddle the youth but to help them understand what is at stake. They have a choice, and the choice has immense consequence.
This is meant to be a stark warning. Wisdom is calling (and has called). And, as Lady Wisdom says, you refused. She stretched out her hand. Wisdom is doing its part; it is taking action to invite. We have agency to accept or decline the invitation. And when no one paid attention to wisdom’s attempts, neglecting counsel and not wanting her reproof, those declining have used their agency to set themselves against wisdom. As verse 3 told us, wisdom requires receiving instruction. In this case, instruction and reproof has been declined.
This is a bad idea. A very bad idea. Ignoring wisdom will not work out well for any of us. It will result in dread and calamity. These consequences come fast and hard, wreaking havoc on our lives: when your dread comes like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind. Wisdom takes a derisive posture to these consequences. When we ignore the reproof of wisdom, dread comes like a storm and calamity like a whirlwind. The negative consequences of following the folly of foolishness rushes upon us and stirs up confusion, lifting us from reality and clouding us from the truth. Following foolishness results in calamity, distress, and anguish.
Distress and anguishcome upon us when we ignore wisdom. The warning is stern on two fronts: first, the circumstantial disaster that eventually follows foolishness— calamity, dread, distress, anguish—and the distance to wisdom. Perhaps more devastating to us than the direct consequence of our foolish choices is that it sets us in opposition to wisdom.
The message here is clear: DO NOT IGNORE WISDOM! Wisdom is shouting from the streets, calling and stretching out its hand. It is reaching for you. Ignoring it and shunning its advances is not good for you, to say the least.
This is the reality of what is at stake. The very essence of life. By partnering with wisdom, we have a chance at a fulfilling life, even in the midst of the mystery and uncertainty of circumstances (“hebel” see Ecclesiastes 1:2). If we ignore wisdom and turn the other way, that uncertainty will drive us into calamity and dread, the consequence of folly.
Proverbs 1:28-33 meaning
Lady Wisdom warns that trying evil for a time and/or using wisdom only for circumstantial change is not going to work. But the faithful will discover security and peace, no matter their circumstances.
Youth often adopt this perspective: I will “have fun” while I am young (YOLO!) and then get serious about life later on. In essence, “I will ignore wisdom for now but turn to it later in life when my wild oats are sowed.” The practical reality of this is that we live in foolishness until we tire of our calamity, our distress, and our dread (see notes on Proverbs 1:24-27).
But we often discover it is not so easy to just flip a switch from foolishness to wisdom. When we establish patterns in our lives, it is difficult to recast our perceptions, attitudes, actions (and perhaps addictions).
Solomon continues his introduction to Proverbs through the voice of Lady Wisdom. She says that when fools have experienced the distress and anguish of calamity (v. 27) as the consequences of their folly, they will then call on me, but I will not answer. That is, when the circumstances are no longer tolerable, and the fools want to escape their anguish, they will reach out in circumstantial desperation.
Wisdom seems to take another hard line. Even though the fools call, she will not answer. Even though they seek diligently, they will not find her. Proverbs is focused on clearly delineating the realities of the wise and the foolish, and what sets them apart from one another. The goal is to clearly set forth the reality of cause-and-effect in the world. The student can embrace it or ignore it, to their own benefit or peril.
Furthermore, this is Solomon’s introduction to the book and his agenda. He seeks to impress upon the youth the vital importance of accepting wisdom in one’s youth—as opposed to a sowing-wild-oats path.
Why does wisdom reject these pleas from the fools who have experienced dread? It is because theyhated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord. The fools cannot turn to wisdom in order to avoid negative consequences.. They made their choices and must experience the consequence of their actions. They hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord. What was chosen as a heart posture cannot be redeemed through a superficial response to circumstances.
Why is this the case? A clue can be found in the statement: So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way. This would indicate that the reason the scoffer has turned to wisdom is to escape the negative consequences of their foolishness. But that’s not the way it works. Actions have consequences. And the scoffer who spurned the reproof offered by Wisdom will reap what they have sown; they will eat the fruit of the vine they planted.
Our choices have consequences. The fools hated knowledge, did not choose to fear the Lord, would not accept Wisdom’s counsel, and spurned reproof.
Because of these foolish decisions, the scoffers will eat of the fruit of their own way and be satiated with their own devices. The word for satiated is the Hebrew “saba,” which can also mean “full” or “satisfied.” We cannot avoid the consequences of our actions; we must reap what we sow. Part of the negative consequence of foolishness is to be self-absorbed; it is the natural consequence of choosing to put one’s trust in oneself rather than in God.
There is no answer from Wisdom that is appropriate to give to a self-absorbed person asking for deliverance from adverse consequences they continue to bring upon themselves. Wisdom gave the answer from the outset “Stop being foolish.”
The foolish cannot escape the consequences of their foolishness. Waywardness and complacency of the naïve will kill and destroy them. They waited until it was too late to avoid disaster. Solomon makes clear it is in the student’s best interest to choose wisdom and the fear of the Lord early in life. To establish the practices of wisdom and pursue a character centered on wisdom. It is the way to avoid really severe adversity. This is what the youth needs to understand they are choosing if they choose folly.
If the youth denies reality, they will find themselves on the path of destruction. We always have a choice, but the consequences of those choices cannot be avoided. Further, it takes an active choice of deliberate intent to seek and gain the benefit of wisdom. The way of fools is the way of complacency. This indicates that without actively seeking to grow in wisdom, complacency leads to foolishness and folly. And this is a path that will destroy them.
On the other hand, he who listens to Wisdom shall live securely and will be at ease from the dread of evil. Perhaps difficulties will come. But they will not be self-induced. And the wise will be equipped to deal with them. Solomon here is setting the stakes. The student may or may not experience challenging circumstances, but will be at ease from the dread of evil. Evil is the source of these terrible adverse consequences. And evil can be avoided by choosing wisdom.
This sets the stage for the rest of The Book of Proverbs. What follows is not about how to manipulate life so that we get the most comfortable experience and the most preferred circumstances. It is to listen to the reproof and instruction of Wisdom, and thereby gain understanding for how to live constructively, within whatever circumstances we find ourselves. Acquiring wisdom leads to good character. Wisdom teaches us how to choose a true perspective, that sees reality as it is, and transcends circumstances.
This ends the opening speech of Lady Wisdom. She has given us this warning and this invitation at the very beginning. This is the reality of the stakes at hand. What we choose to do in response will determine our path and the quality of life we lead.
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