Teresa was a respected lawyer who worked twelve hour days, and sweets and biscuits were the one place she could hide from emptiness and loneliness. At a hundred and sixty centimetres she already weighed nearly ninety kilos and was starting to dislike herself. That story opens a sermon about the twenty third chapter of Proverbs (Proverbs 23). The writer speaks there of a man sitting down at a ruler’s table, and of how a lack of restraint is not only about food, because it touches everything we want more of. Listen if you cannot say no to whatever is slowly eating you.
The Art of Saying “NO”
There Is More Wisdom
No one wants to live foolishly and end up foolishly, which is why this summer we’re taking a closer look at the life and wisdom of the wisest of Israel’s kings-Solomon. We want to learn not only about the history of his reign, but also to discover the timeless wisdom hidden in his Proverbs. And all of this is so that we may know how to live wisely and end our lives wisely.
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