Proverbs 14:10Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can fully share its joy.Proverbs Daily is a reader-supported publication. All posts are free, but all donations help spread the message. When you see the word “upgrade,” you’re simply invited to help me make the sacred positively contagious...thank you in advance for becoming a free or paid subscriber.You don’t know like I know. Now if you grew up in a Black church, you already heard the melody. That old gospel vamp — “You don’t know like I know… what He’s done for me…”We’ve remixed it for decades. But beneath the shout track… is a psychological truth humans have carried for millennia.Every human being is born with this ache: the longing to know… and to be known.Anthropologists point to this everywhere — from the ancient cave paintings at Lascaux, to the poems and hieroglyphs etched in clay, to the artist on your favorite playlist, to the confessions we whisper today. We’re driven by a primal epistemic hunger: a desire to understand… and to be understood.That’s the deeper current beneath Proverbs 14:10. It’s not a sad verse. It’s a sacred one.🧠 Your Interiority Is Irreducible“Each heart knows its own bitterness…” That word knows isn’t casual. It points to your interiority — the inner world no one else can fully enter.Not your spouse. Not your best friend. Not even the people who “get” you the most.And yet — that same irreducible inner world holds joy no one else can fully share. Your victories hit you differently because only you know the war you fought to get them. As CeCe sang it, “You don’t know the cost of my Alabaster Box.” Now that’s Old School…you might not know nothin’ bout that.This is why every human relationship, every love, every friendship, every prayer is ultimately an act of vulnerability: “Here is my heart… as much of it as I can show.”🌫 The Cloud of UnknowingMystics from the 14th century wrote about this — calling it the cloud of unknowing. A holy space where you seek God knowing you will never fully comprehend Him… but the joy is in the pursuit.That’s what this proverb is saying about people. You will never fully know another person. And no one will ever fully know you.And that’s not a flaw. That’s the invitation. And that invite: is EVERYTHING. It’s the ultimate show-and-tell:you reveal what you can, you explore what others reveal, and the sacred work is found in the sharing —not the completing.Because…get this…the One who crafted your interior world is the same One who wants to explore that world with you.So when Proverbs says your heart knows things others can’t, it’s quietly whispering: “God only knows. And God wants you to know Him back.”🔥 So RememberYour depths are not a problem to solve — they’re a mystery to explore. Others may only see the surface… but Heaven knows the story beneath your skin.🙏🏽PrayerLord, enter my depths–showing me what You already know.Today’s ChallengeWrite down one joy and one struggle no one else fully knows. Offer both to God. Then thank Him that nothing in you is unseen… and nothing in Him is exhaustible.About the AuthorFred Lynch is a creative communicator, author, and Christian Hip Hop pioneer. To learn more about Fred and what he’s up to now…click here or you can find him in all the socials by searching the handle: heyfredlynch📱Experience Proverbs Daily by Subscribing!Ready to receive daily wisdom directly on your phone?Go to proverbsdaily.org for the app or just click that Subscribe button right now!Be Wise and Be Well...peace.Thanks for reading Proverbs Daily! This post is public so feel free to share it.
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