The Righteous Lead Blameless Lives

It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.

Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.

The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.

Many claim to have unfailing love, but a faithful person who can find?

The righteous lead blameless lives; blessed are their children after them.

Proverbs 20:3-7

Seeing our Fathers care for our Mothers in the last years of their lives will teach us exactly what unselfish love looks like. Our Fathers are not perfect, but they are always a dad and will give us a good glimpse of our heavenly Father. And ideally, that’s what a Christian dad should do.

At times earthly fathers disappoint our hurt their children. But our Father in heaven is “compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.” When a dad who loves the Lord corrects, comforts, instructs, and provides for the needs of his children, he models for them our perfect Father in heaven.

A life lived for Christ is the best inheritance we can leave our children.

Our Daily Bread – June 18, 2017