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Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 426 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Rumors are Dainty Morsels – Proverbs 18:1-12

Thank you for joining us for our 5 days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. This is Day 426 of our trek, and today is Wisdom Wednesday. Every Wednesday along life’s trails we dig for the nuggets of wisdom that are found within the book of Proverbs. Today we will explore the first half of Chapter 18.

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We are broadcasting from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. I drove back to Marietta by myself on Monday. Paula and her mom were planning on coming with me, but due to an unforeseen change of plans, they will join me Wednesday when this episode originally airs and will also bring with them a couple friends from Paula’s quilting guild. The group plans on investing the remainder of this week focused on quilting projects. On Saturday night, weather permitting we will all enjoy the fireworks display at Marietta’s Sternwheel Festival.

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It is great to be able to share our home and invest time with friends. The relationships that we foster are the ones that will continue to flourish. Strong relationships are formed through trust and loyalty. The book of Proverbs has many verses that help us to understand these concepts so that we can apply them to our lives and our friendships. One verse in today’s passage speaks to a subject that can destroy a friendship, and that is spreading rumors about others. So the title of our trek today is taken from verse 8, and it starts out with…

Rumors are Dainty Morsels

Let’s start in with verse 1.

1 Unfriendly people care only about themselves;

they lash out at common sense.

We all know individuals that are so self-centered that they are hurtful to others. They lash out, even when it is not appropriate. Although there is no excuse for this type of behavior, it usually stems from the fact that these individuals really do not love themselves, so they compensate through selfish behavior that shows a lack of love for others.

Fools have no interest in understanding;

they only want to air their own opinions.

Tied closely to the first verse, verse 2 describes a foolish and selfish person who does not care to be understanding of others. This individual is so bent on spewing his or her opinions about every topic that he or she ignores the damage he or she causes to others.

Doing wrong leads to disgrace,

and scandalous behavior brings contempt.

Even in a culture or society where ethical values are not held in high regard, if a person continually does what is wrong or scandalous, it will eventually bring disgrace to that person and contempt from everyone who knows him